Perspectives

Front 1

Functionalism

Consensus perspective

Back 1

Sees society working in harmony

society best understood in terms of its institutions e.g education, religion, and family and how they are inter related. Society functions because it has shared norms and values that bind society together

Front 2

Marxism

Conflict perspective

Back 2

Sees society in constant state of class conflict. Order is maintained through powerful groups imposing order on less powerful groups. Institutions like school and religion act as idealogical tools legitimising inequality. Norms and values promoted in society are only those of the ruling class

Front 3

Marxism maintaining social order

Back 3

Idealogical tools and fear. order and stability maintained through institutions that make up the political and idealogical superstructure which are controlled by the ruling class. Althusser - representative stat

Apparatus - police, army force people to conform

Idealogical state apparatus - Media, religion, education promote, teach and support norms and values and ideas that maintain capitalism

Front 4

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Back 4

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Front 5

Consensus Perspective

Back 5

fair system that social change should take place within the social institutions provided by it.

Front 6

Conflict Perspective

Back 6

social change is only achieved through conflict.

Front 7

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Back 7

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