SOCIOL 2S06 Lecture : Lecture 26 - January 13th.docx

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 2S06
• Professor: David Young

Document Summary

The institutionalization of class conflict: marx saw class conflict as a potential for violence, dahrendorf doesn"t see class conflict as being violent he thinks it is regulated by institutions and since its regulated institutions social change is not revolutionary, see this in the economic sphere of society, also see this in the legal and political sphere of the state, in the economic sphere the institutionalization of class conflict is illustrated by unionization and collective bargaining (as representatives of labour and management meet to try to work out their differences, in the legal/political sphere of the state, the institutionalization of class conflict is illustrated by the settlement of grievances through the courts and the negotiation of policy and legislation through parliament, dahrendorf sees social conflict as a force for social change, this social conflict plays an important role in resolving problems and restoring social order.