SOC 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Manifest And Latent Functions And Dysfunctions, Social Inequality, Social Order
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Ex: the manifest function of prison is to punish and rebuild people. Latent functions: can contribute to the working of a society. Ex: the latent function in a prison is the cheap labor. Dysfunctions: aspects of society that does not contribute to society. Over emphasize extend to which harmony and stability exists in society. Groups are in power struggle for scarce resources. Some common elements are: power is at core of social relationship. 2: values and ideas are seen as weapons used by those with power to achieve own focus on examining dominant vs minority group relationships factors like race, age, religion, sex and ethnicity are linked to social inequality. ends. Who wins and who loses: conflict theorist always think who are the winners and who are losers. Who benefits: changes in the norm, not equilibrium. Max weber (1864- 1920: wright mills (1916-1962) He believed that the problem was oppression of people in capital system.
