Develop an issue, method, or concept (e.g. dialectics) that draws from 

• Karl Marx. 1859. “Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy.” The German Ideology. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. Pgs. 1-23.
• Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels. 1845. “The German Ideology.” In Calhoun, Pgs. 142-45. 
• Karl Marx. 1867. Chapter 26: “The Secret of Primitive Accumulation” and Chapter 27: “The Expropriation of the Agricultural Population from the Land.” Capital Vol. 1. Pgs. 873-895. 
• Karl Marx. 1867. “The General Formula for Capital.” In Peter Kivisto. Pgs. 33-37.

You can opt to write a compare/contrast essay with any of the previous authors from the course (Durkheim, Parsons, Coser, Weber), but the emphasis should focus on the texts from the Marx in the course.

• Émile Durkheim. 1893. “On Mechanical and Organic Solidarity.” In Peter Kivisto. Social Theory: Roots and Branches. 5th edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pgs. 39-43. 
• Talcott Parsons. 1951. “The Subsystems of Society.” In Kivisto. Pgs. 205-10.
• Lewis Coser. 1956. “The Functions of Social Conflict.” In Kivisto. Pgs. 211-14.
• Emile Durkheim. 1895. “Chapter I: What is a Social Fact?” & “Chapter II: Rules for the Observation of Social Facts” & “Chapter III: Ruels for the Distinction of the Normal from the Pathological.” The Rules of Sociological Method. Trans. W.D. Halls. New York: Free Press. Pgs. 20-68.

You should draw from a minimum of 2 readings.

Each response is to be built from direct citations from the text (use quotes only/do not paraphrase).

Formatting

1. Use Chicago Manual Style in-text or footnote citations and include a bibliography.
2. Include your name, student #, the date, & course number on the top left of the 1st
3. Include a title.
4. Insert a footer with your name and the page number.
5. Use default font (Times New Roman), font size (12), and standard margins.
6. Left align your text—DO NOT CENTRE OR JUSTIFY YOUR TEXT.