Important Perspectives (AQA A-Level Sociology): Flashcards

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Spencer's organic analogy

Society compared to human body with interconnected parts

Durkheim's collective conscience

Shared values forming society's foundation

Parsons' four sub-systems

Economic, political, kinship, and cultural

Bourgeoisie in Marxist theory

Dominant class under capitalism

Proletariat in Marxist theory

Subordinate class under capitalism

False consciousness

Working class misled into supporting their own exploitation

Micro-sociology definition

Starts with how individuals interpret the world

Labelling theory creator (1963)

Howard Becker

What is patriarchy?

System of male dominance shaping women's and men's experiences

Liberal feminism's view on inequality

Results from male ignorance and sex-role conditioning

Radical feminism's main focus

Sexual politics - power relations between men and women

Sisterhood in radical feminism

Collective identification of women's interests

Black feminism addresses

Oppression from both patriarchy and racism

New Right ideology focus

Neo-liberal: minimal govt & free markets

Postmodernism's view on reality

Reality exists within people's minds, not objectively

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