Theory and Development of Sociology

Question	Answer
FEMINISM	Macro, Conflict, Structuralist 1. Liberal - March of Progress view 2. Radical - Political Separatism 3. Black/Difference - Feminism is a white middle class privilege 4. Marxist - Women are oppressed through capitalist economic practices and the system of private property
SOCIAL ACTION THEORY	Interpretivism, Symbolic Interactionalist, Social Interactionist Behaviour and the identity of an individual are a result of social forces beyond our immediate control.
STRUCTURAL DETERMINISM	The lack of free will/choice
SOCIAL ORDER	The behavioural patterns and regularities established by societies that make a social action possible (Functionalism)
SOCIAL CHANGE	The transformation of a culture over time - unplanned/deliberate or intended/uninitended
AUGUSTE COMTE 1798 - 1857	Consensus Positivist Sociology should be studied as a science: 1. Theological - Order is based on religious beliefs and controls 2. Metaphysical - Transition phase; old religious beliefs are challenged by science 3. Positive - Science and religion replace religion
MAX WEBER 1864 - 1920	n
KARL MARX 1818 - 1883	Equality, causing a revolution, no hierarchy 'The Communist Manifesto' by Marx & Engels Conflict theory between classes 1. Primitive Communism

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