Theoretical perspectives

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  • Theoretical Perspectives
    • Marxism
      • Structural conflict
      • Karl Marx (1818 -1883)
      • 2 social classes
        • Ruling class (Bourgeoisie)
          • Owns production
        • Working class (Proletariat)
          • Sell labour to Bourgeoisie
      • Capitalist
        • Exploitation of workers
      • Key concept - Revolution
        • Proletariat are alienated
          • Prevents rebellion
            • Ruling class ideology
      • Evaluation
        • Neo marxists - updated views
          • Gramsci - political critique (changing the world)
          • Althusser - science that governs workers
          • Benston - Feminism exploitation
    • Functionalist
      • Durkheim & Parsons
      • Key ideas
        • 1. Society = human body
          • 2. Value consensus
            • 3. Everything has a function
              • negative
                • e.g. Crime and deviance
      • Evaluation
        • religion, education + rehab, family
        • consensus + inequality
    • Feminism
      • Patriarchy
      • Liberal
        • L:gender role socialisation, want equality
      • Black
        • B: double disadvantage, forced marriage
      • Radical
        • R: Extreme, need to separate from men
      • Marxist/ Socialist
        • M: Capitalism and patriarchy
      • Post
        • P: challenges gender assumptions
      • Evaluation
        • 1/5 parliament  is women, 1/10 female engineers
        • legal benefits, girls achievement
    • Social Action
      • Interaction
        • Interactions in society
        • Evaluation
          • Freedom, meanings, labelling, changes
          • origins of labels, small scale
      • Postmodern
        • change in culture + identities
        • Globalisation, work + knowledge
        • Evaluation
          • diversity, more choice + flexability
          • exaggeration, not everyone has freedom or flexibility

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