Sociological Perspectives

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a good home and a healthy spiritual up bringing. Each one of the institutions is interdependent on the other.
Another example is schools and the work force. The schools have to prepare people to be able to work in society. People would not be able to work if they weren’t first taught how to work. The schools help to keep social order, preparing people to work. Then the work force can make money. Not only do they make money, but they then spend the money. This helps keep a state of good economic standing. Once again this shows how each institution depends on one another.
Social consensus is said to be a condition in which most members of society agree on what is good for society and they cooperate to achieve it. Social consensus is what enables all the parts of society to remain in social order according to funtionalists.
One funtionalist Herbert Spencer described society as a living organism. Each part institution of society was like a heart, brain, lungs, etc. All the ...

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racial backgrounds. Whites and blacks have been in conflict ever since the beginning of time. From the days of slavery, to present day some people are racist towards one another. People will always be prejudice toward some type of race whether it is blacks, whites, Hispanics or any other type people.
One major conflict perspective is the feminist theory. Feminist believes men and women have long been in conflict with each other. Feminists feel women have been oppressed as a whole. They feel men have made it very difficult for women to do certain things, like being in a high position in politics. In many ways this is true. Ever since the bible men have always looked at ...

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