Consensus

Macro (top down)

Socialised into norms, rules, roles, and values

Patterned and Predictable

Value Consensus

Social Order

Crucial for continuation

Structural Theory

Functional Prerequisites

Also crucial for continuation

Institutions & systems - are responsible

Intergrated - work interdependently

Work together for the good of the whole

Live in a meritocratic society

Biological analogy

Some jobs are valued more than others

Fall into our rightful position

Thus, inequality is necessary and justified