Sociology 2259 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Dependent And Independent Variables, Social Order, Critical Criminology

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

Document Summary

Captitalism via exploitation: deviance, poverty, greed, disadvantage, injustice . Are systematic and structural: what critical and conflict theories do is expose these structures and systems. Is inevitable in a capitalist society: capitalism breeds crime, crime and deviance are a response to an unjust society. Study: why didn"t the revolution that marx predicted come to fruition: marx was right about the serious internal contradictions of capitalism what he underestimated was the extent to which false consciousness could be fostered and exploited. Antonio gramsci: hegemony: the legitimate control of ideas by the dominant group. It"s a world view so dominant that people are unable to conceive of any other alternative . It is the ideological and cultural authority that represents the perspective of the dominant groups in society . Critical criminology and deviance: all critical criminology/deviance theories tend to agree on 3 things .