Political Science · Political Theory
Which of the following views believes that the state originated with class division and class struggle in society?
ALiberal view
BMarxist view ✓ Correct
CPluralist view
DTraditional view
Correct answer: (B) Marxist view — The Marxist view traces the origin of the state to class division and class struggle, so the answer is the Marxist view.
Explanation
★The Marxist view traces the origin of the state to class division and class struggle, so the answer is the Marxist view.
★For Marx the state arose when society split into owners and non-owners of the means of production.
★It is therefore an instrument of class domination by which the propertied class controls the rest.
★Marxist political theory builds on class division, property relations and the mode of production.
★The state, in this view, will wither away once classes are abolished in a communist society.
★The liberal view instead treats the state as a contract or agency to protect individual rights.
★The pluralist view sees the state as one association among many competing groups, not a class weapon.
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