Period of application of rational principles and logic to the understanding, development , organisation of human societies.
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What is LATENT FUNCTION (functionalism)?
Unrecognized or unintended outcome of the action or an individual or institution
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What is DETERMINISM?
Idea that's people behavior is molded by their social surroundings and that they have little free will, control or choice over how they behave.
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What is PROLETARIAT?
Social class of workers who have to work for wages as they do not own the means of production.
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What is FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS?
A lack of awareness among people about what their real interests are ans the false belief that everyone benefits from the present which is presented as fair and just.
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What is MACRO APPROACH (functionalism)?
Focuses on the large-scale structure of society as a whole, rather than an individuals.
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What is STRUCTURAL DIFFERENTIATION?
Way new/more specialized social institutions emerge to take over functions that were once performed by a single institution.
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What is FUNCTIONAL PREREQUISITES?
The basic needs that must be met if society is to survive.
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What is COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE?
The shared beliefs and values which form moral ties binding community together and regulate individuals behavior.
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What is DYSFUNCTION?
When a part of the social structure does not contribute to the maintenance and well-being of society, but creates tension and other problems.
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What is MANIFEST FUNCTION?
The recognized or intended outcome of the action or an individual or institution.
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What is DEPENDENCY CULTURE?
A set of values and beliefs and a way of life, centered on dependence of others. It is normally used by NEW RIGHT writers in the context of those who depend on welfare state benefits.
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What is MEANS OF PRODUCTION (marxism)?
Key resources necessary for producing society's goods such as land, factories and machinery.
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What is RELATIONS OF PRODUCTION (marxism)?
The forms of relationships between those people involved in production, such as cooperation of private ownership and control.
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What is COMMUNISM (marxism)?
An equal society without social classes or class conflict in which the means of production are the common property of all.
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What is BOURGEOISIE (marxism)?
The class of owners of the means of production in industrial societies, whose primary purpose is to make profits.
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What is HEGEMONY (marxism)?
The dominance in society of the ruling class's set of ideas over others and acceptance of consent to them by rest of society.
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What is REPRESSIVE STATE APPARATUS (marxism)?
The parts of the state concerned with mainly repressive, physical means of keeping a population in line such as the army, police, courts and prisons.
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What is DOMINANT IDEOLOGY?
A set of ideas which justifies the social advantages of wealthy, powerful and influential groups in society and the disadvantages of those who lack wealth and power and influence.
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What is STRUCTURALISM?
A perspective that is concerned with the overall structure of society and sees individual behavior mot
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Unrecognized or unintended outcome of the action or an individual or institution
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