%0 Journal Article %T Max Weber¡¯s Theory of Inequality and Social Stratification %A Kemal AYDIN %J - %D 2018 %X Abstract: This article explores Max Weber¡¯s theory of inequality and social stratification. In the first section, we explore Weber¡¯s sociological methods applied in a stratification framework, multiple causalities, and probability and subjective factors. In the second section, Weber¡¯s multiple conceptions of class, status, and party are analyzed and compared to Marx¡¯s class theory. In the third section, social closure or open and closed relationships are explained in relation to stratification research. The fourth section comprises another dimension of Weber¡¯s view on inequality, and concepts of power, domination, and rationalized bureaucracy are discussed. In the last section, Weber¡¯s prediction of inequality in democratic and socialist societies is assessed. Weber¡¯s stratification theory is partly based on positive critiques of Marx. Weber¡¯s approach to social inequality and stratification emphasizes causal pluralism and the probabilistic nature of social explanation. His analysis of class, status, party, and ¡°open and closed relations¡± (social closure), power, and domination illustrate the complexity of his theory. Weber¡¯s theory of inequality and social stratification continues to provide a flexible theoretical foundation in contemporary social inequality studies %K Weber %K e£¿itsizlik %K tabakala£¿ma %K s£¿n£¿f %K stat¨¹ %K parti %K a£¿£¿k ve kapal£¿ ili£¿kiler %K toplumsal kapanma %K g¨¹£¿ ve egemenlik %U http://dergipark.org.tr/jecs/issue/37969/414077