Value consensus means a society in which everyone can agree on goals, morals and ethics. This is a Functionalist view, as they believe that without the value consensus, social order is impossible. Functionalism is a structural consensus theory. A Functionalist 's main belief is that society should be equilibrium and that we should all share norms and values. Marxism is a theory by Karl Marx. While also a structural theory, it is mainly a conflict theory. Marxists believe that the conflict lays between social classes– more specifically the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. The general Marxist belief is that the proletariat will eventually come to realise that they are being exploited for their labour, and revolt against the bourgeoisie. This
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The whole definition of consensus is to be in agreement, which then supports the idea of social order. Without social order, our society (as well as most others globally) would probably collapse. This is enforced through the human body analogy, which is also a good representative of the functionalist ideology itself. The analogy links parts of the body to different aspects of society – the brain is the government, the heart is the family, the blood is money and the social institutions are the organs. All of these body parts are in “agreement”, and if one of them were to stop functioning, the whole body would shut down – much like society, supposedly. Though the human body analogy is one of the best that supports the idea of value consensus, it does have some flaws. For example, the theory pays too much mind to social institutions, giving them more importance over actual individuals (however, the organs could represent individuals in a smaller society), and it fails to identify the corruption and coercion in society. Robert Merton, a famous sociologist and Functionalist, suggested an idea which heavily opposes the human body analogy. He said that social institutions such as religion and family could easily be replaced with ideologies such as communism, yet they would still be able to perform exactly the same functions – suggesting that all aspects of society in fact do not need to work in harmony for society as a whole to …show more content…
Over time, it has been increasingly difficult for young people to get jobs. This can be for several different reasons, one of the main ones being that the skills needed for work are not being sufficiently taught to young people. Thousands of teenagers across the country are coming out of education and being thrown head-first into the world of work – but unfortunately, they quickly lose their way due to having next to no knowledge about how to approach employers or even uphold a simple job. This is not helped by the masses of immigrants Britain is constantly receiving due to our supposed more stable economy. Immigrants in the same boat as British youths tend to be older and more experienced, meaning employers easily choose them over teenagers with no experience or skills. This is not necessarily a bad thing, since people being able to get jobs is always positive, but it only means getting jobs is more difficult for young
The whole definition of consensus is to be in agreement, which then supports the idea of social order. Without social order, our society (as well as most others globally) would probably collapse. This is enforced through the human body analogy, which is also a good representative of the functionalist ideology itself. The analogy links parts of the body to different aspects of society – the brain is the government, the heart is the family, the blood is money and the social institutions are the organs. All of these body parts are in “agreement”, and if one of them were to stop functioning, the whole body would shut down – much like society, supposedly. Though the human body analogy is one of the best that supports the idea of value consensus, it does have some flaws. For example, the theory pays too much mind to social institutions, giving them more importance over actual individuals (however, the organs could represent individuals in a smaller society), and it fails to identify the corruption and coercion in society. Robert Merton, a famous sociologist and Functionalist, suggested an idea which heavily opposes the human body analogy. He said that social institutions such as religion and family could easily be replaced with ideologies such as communism, yet they would still be able to perform exactly the same functions – suggesting that all aspects of society in fact do not need to work in harmony for society as a whole to …show more content…
Over time, it has been increasingly difficult for young people to get jobs. This can be for several different reasons, one of the main ones being that the skills needed for work are not being sufficiently taught to young people. Thousands of teenagers across the country are coming out of education and being thrown head-first into the world of work – but unfortunately, they quickly lose their way due to having next to no knowledge about how to approach employers or even uphold a simple job. This is not helped by the masses of immigrants Britain is constantly receiving due to our supposed more stable economy. Immigrants in the same boat as British youths tend to be older and more experienced, meaning employers easily choose them over teenagers with no experience or skills. This is not necessarily a bad thing, since people being able to get jobs is always positive, but it only means getting jobs is more difficult for young