What is social stratification and what is government? Does government support the system known as social stratification? How? 

Discuss how the theories of Emile Durkheim and Karl Marx explain social stratification in society.

Discuss the views of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau regarding government and the social contract. 

How does C. Wright Mills, Michael Parenti and William Domhoff view the role of government in Americas. Based on their theories who rules America?