Conflict Theory

Conflict theory is ...

• "a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability"

• perspectives in political philosophy and sociology which argue that individuals and groups (social classes) within society interact on the basis of conflict rather than agreement

Functionalist theory is ...

• "a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability"

• perspectives in political philosophy and sociology which argue that individuals and groups (social classes) within society interact on the basis of conflict rather than agreement

The most famous theorist of a conflict theory is ...

• Karl Marx

• Emile Durkheim

• Karl Mannheim

• Emile Zola

The most famous theorist of a functionalist theory is ...

• Emile Durkheim

• Karl Marx

• Karl Mannheim

• Emile Zola

To a social conflict theorist, a worker in a factory would be considered a:

• capitalist

• proletariat

• socialist

• democrat

The term _____ means the experience of isolation and misery that results from feelings of powerlessness.

• Alienation

• Hostility

• Distancing

• Estrangement

Examples of conflict theories include:

• Marxism

• Feminism

• Decolonialism

What was the main focus of Marx's research?

• The way that society constructs and uses language.

• The relationship between workers, the economy, and society.

• The interaction of people within the same social class.

• The ways that society uses genetics to create social classes.

What is the academic study of social behaviour and societies?

• Psychology

• Sociology

• Marxism

• Conflict theory

What is the proletariat?

• The working class in Marxist theory.

• The Marxist theory that both science and the humanities are needed to study society.

• The management and ruling class in Marxist theory.

• The Marxist theory that societies progress using class conflict.