Sociology 2259 Lecture Notes - False Consciousness, Conflict Theories, Class Conflict

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2259
• Professor: Pamela Cushing

Document Summary

Focus: the underdog! (far more openly than interpretive theories) What produces underdogs: capitalism and exploitation (lol so marx) Deviance, poverty, greed, disadvantage, injustice are all systematic and. What critical and conflict theories try to do is expose these structures and structural systems. Three main rules: rules are made by the powerful, whether they are legal or customary, we are all equally not allow to sleep on a park bench, the rules generally regulate the powerless. Well sometimes shelters won"t let people in, like people with mental illness . Emphasis on formal social control: it"s a macro-level theory between various groups, class conflict baby oh yeah. Conception of social order it"s maintained through management of conflict. Concept of society we"re all divided into various groups with competing interests. Dominant group: the one with the most power and authority. Praxis: to combine knowledge gained by science research with activism.