Authority, Conflict Theorist And The Rationality

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Looking at the labeling theory and some of the theorist has been talked about throughout lectures, one of the theorist that can relate or be a great example on how labeling theory work, is from of the popular theorist and his name is Max Weber. Max Weber believed that the world is “Multidimensional” (Kennedy 2017 “Max Weber”). When looking at this he also believed that “Values, ideas and meaning are at least as important in society as economic factors” (Kennedy 2017 “Max Weber”). Labeling looks at the deviant behavior within the society and with Max Weber’s theory we can look at the “Authority, Conflict Theorist, and The Rationality” (Kennedy 2017 “Max Weber”), of how the effects of them can come in contact with the primary deviance and secondary

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