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Consensus VS Conflict
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Mind Map on Consensus VS Conflict, created by loobylouwebster on 18/01/2015.
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Consensus VS Conflict
Consensus
Theorists
Emile Durkheim
Suicide, Deviance & Religion
Talcott Parsons
Family Roles
Robert Merton
Deviance
Key Features
The assumption that there is a certain pattern to behaviour
Explains behaviour through notion of social structure
Tends to use Biological or mechanical analogies to explain theories
Functional prerequisites
Social basic needs
Value Consensus
Society shared values
Strengths
Looks at society as a whole
refers to social structure when analysing social behaviour
Good at explaining persistence of social phenomena
Weaknesses
Ignores Individual or group interaction
Finds it difficult to explain conflict & change
Makes assumptions about value consensus as naturally occurring, inevitable and mutually beneficial
Conflict
Theorists
Karl Marx
Capitalism & Class
Gramsci
Capitalism & hegemony
Goldthorpe
Class conflict
Key Features
Sees society as a structured whole
society is based on inequality of distribution or production
Struggle for power between different groups in society
Society characterised by conflict
Within Marxism, Ownership & relations of production are the cause of inequalities
Society is made of infrastructure & superstructure
In other conflict perspectives, inequality of power & wealth may arise from differences in such things as education
Strengths
Looks at society as a whole and all its interrelated parts
Recognises power interests of different groups
good at explaining conflict & change
Weaknesses
difficult to explain persistence of certain phenomena
Individual & small group interaction plays little part in these types of explanations
Similarities
Structural theory
Macro - Society shapes individual
Look at wider aspects of society such as power and economy & government
Differences
Consensus theorists view society as being made up of Social Institutions being dependent on one another.
Conflict theorists view society as having an Infrastructure and Superstructure
Consensus Theorist argue there is value consensus that holds society together
Conflict theorists disagree and argue values are imposed by powerful groups in society even though everyone may not agree
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