How we identify social class (excluding the great British class survey)

how do Marxists identify social class?

Via relationship to the means of production:

Bourgeoise- own the means of production

Proletariat- do not own them despite being the producers

How does the government define social class

Via occupation (7 tiers)

How do sociologists define social class?

They split class into a 4 tier system:

Upper

Middle

Lower

Under

What is the subjective definition of social class?

An individual’s own perception of what it means to be a part of a certain class.