Sociology 3210 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Louis Althusser, Structural Marxism, Nuclear Family
11 Nov 2016
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Outline, and explain, the six major tenets of conflict theory. Institutions serve a function gender stability: mirrors 50"s society, highly structured gendered division of labour necessary for family to function, the family interacts with other systems to sustain status quo, worked for white, middle-class americans. Role of sociology is to understand how societies maintain stability: sociologists" role to understand, not change (weber, parsons & system maintenance interconnected parts comprise social. Ignores verstehen system (institutions, roles), confront problems of survival (confront internal and external systems), how parts contribute to the whole. Society is not a system, but groups. The groups are not equal: groups within societies have different access to: power, prestige, economics (weber) The groups do not share values (e. g. war and conscription: there are conflicts even when there appears to be consensus, social roles are not neutral. Role of sociology is to raise consciousness: social groups can change, knowledge facilities change.
