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conflict theory concepts
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- 1define conflict theorythe observation that in most societies there are social inequalities between different social groups
- 2MARXISM: define class divisions (Marx)divisions in society based on those who benefit from the economic system and those who do not
- 3MARXISM: define capitalist societies (Marx)the economic system of modern industrial societies. A society where the ruling class own the means of production and benefit by making a profit from the working class.
- 4MARXISM: define ruling class (Marx)people who own wealth or capital and invest it in running businesses to make a profit
- 5MARXISM: define the working class (Marx)comprising the majority of people who have little or no wealth and have to work for their wages
- 6MARXISM: define communist society (Marx)whereby the workers would become aware of their exploited position and other throw capitalism.
- 7MARXISM: define ideological state apparatus (Althusser)the institutions i.e. work/education/family that transmit ideas that legitimate or justify the capitalist system and its class inequalities
- 8MARXISM: define false consciousness (Marx)whereby the working class can not see any alternative to the existing system
- 9MARXISM: define the super structureall the cultural institutions of society e.g. families/ education system / religion
- 10MARXISM: define the infrastructurethe economic system that provides for peoples material needs (the economic base)
- 11FEMINISM: define gender inequalitiesthe unequal treatment or perceptions of individuals wholly or partly due to their gender
- 12FEMINISM: define patriarchal ideologiesideas that help justify men's dominance and women's subordinate place in society
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- A level Sociology (Theories) FlashCards sobre conflict theory concepts, criado por niamh bergin em 22-10-2017.
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