Key Concepts: Theories

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Theory

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A set of ideas a school of thought or particular way of doing things.

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Structural

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Institution shapes us.

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Social action

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We shape institution

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Consensus

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Everyone is in agreement

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Conflict

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There are disagreements in society

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Macro

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Done through generalizations and looking through society as a whole

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Micro

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Looking at society in small lived examples

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Top down

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Control comes from the top down

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Bottom up

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Control comes from the bottom and goes up - social action

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Positivist

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Based on data

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Interpretavist

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Based on depth detail opinions

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Quantitative

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Based on data

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Qualitative

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Based on depth research and opinions

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Functionalism

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Everyone generally gets along and if you do well you will succeed. Structural, macro, consensus

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Meritocracy

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If you work hard you will do well

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Organic analogy

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Society works by all parts working together and all are necessary to function

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Interdependent parts

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Society works by everyone and everything working together

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Value consensus

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We all share common values that allow us to get along

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Social solidarity

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We all share certain values and norms

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B.U.N.I

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Society must be beneficial universal necessary and inevitable.

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Anomie

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A state of normlessness

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Marxism

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A theory that oppression is based on class. Conflict, structural, macro, positivist.

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Bourgeoisie

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The ruling class

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Proletariat

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Working class

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Economic base

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All things connected to the means of production

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Superstructure

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All that maintains the social system

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Capitalism

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The economic system that encourages making profit above all else

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Revolution

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A period of fast and rapid change in society

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Alieanation

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Workers feel disconnected from what they do

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Communism

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A political ideology to give power to the people and abolish capitalism

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Ideology

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A set of political beliefs

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Exploitation

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Workers being used for their labour

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Feminism

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Oppression is based on gender - conflict, macro, structural, positivist

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Patriarchy

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Society is controlled by men

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Radical feminism

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Men and women cannot co-exist and therefore women should only sleep with womeb

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Liberal feminism

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Society is slowly improving for women

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Marxist feminism

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Oppression is also based off class

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Difference feminism

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Oppression is based off many factors i.e. race and class

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Black feminism

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Oppression is based on gender and race

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False universality

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Theories applied to white cis het women cannot be applied to all women

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Oppression

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Where some are treated worse than others based on a characteristic out of their control

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Malestream

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Research done by men with men and assuming it applies to everyone

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Subservient

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One group is forced to serve another

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March of progress

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Things are slowly getting better for women through legislation

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Subjucation

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The act of establishing control over another group

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Interactionism

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It sees society as a product of human interaction

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Agency

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Humans create their own meanings

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Looking glass self

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The sense of self is based on others perceptions of you

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Labeling theory

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The idea that everyone is given labels based off features of themselves

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Social constructions

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The things made by humans in our society

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Postmodernism

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The theory that not one theory alone can explain society as it has so many different parts

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Globalization

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A state of interconnectedness that provides access to far more cultures than previously possible

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Consumerism

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The idea that satisfaction comes more from buying things than making things

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Risk society

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A society that is too obsessed with the future

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Individualism

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The idea that everyone is responsible for themselves

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Fragmented

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Our society is split into many parts and is a fragmented society

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Relative (truth)

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The idea that truth is relative and is what you make it

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The new right

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The political arm of functionalism and was a political ideology popular through the 80s with the advent of Thatcher and Regan

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Political view

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A view someone has on how society should be run

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Trickle down economics

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The idea that those at the top if they have more money will give bonuses to those down below

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Competition

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People that provide the same products and services but increase efficiency as capitalism forces them to inovate

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Culture of dependency

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If welfare is too readily available people will live off it

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The underclass

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What the daily mail would call benefit scroungers