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    Conflict theory focuses on inequality between social groups and the struggle for power and resources. According to Karl Marx, modern society consists of two main classes: the bourgeoisie, who own the means of production, and the proletariat, who must sell their labor. Marx argued that this capitalist system creates conflict between the classes as their interests oppose each other and resources are unequally distributed. Conflict theory views social order as maintained through domination by powerful groups over oppressed majorities.

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    Conflict theory focuses on inequality between social groups and the struggle for power and resources. According to Karl Marx, modern society consists of two main classes: the bourgeoisie, who own the means of production, and the proletariat, who must sell their labor. Marx argued that this capitalist system creates conflict between the classes as their interests oppose each other and resources are unequally distributed. Conflict theory views social order as maintained through domination by powerful groups over oppressed majorities.

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    Conflict theory focuses on inequality between social groups and the struggle for power and resources. According to Karl Marx, modern society consists of two main classes: the bourgeoisie, who own the means of production, and the proletariat, who must sell their labor. Marx argued that this capitalist system creates conflict between the classes as their interests oppose each other and resources are unequally distributed. Conflict theory views social order as maintained through domination by powerful groups over oppressed majorities.

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    CONFLICT THEORY

    Discussant:
    Jenny Catibog
    EDUC 8A Social Dimensions
    Learning Objectives:
    What is the conflict theory according to theorists?

    What are the two classes of people in the modern


    society?

    What is feudalism, capitalism, and socialism?

    What is the conflict theory of education and the


    function of schools?

    What is Social Inequality?


    Society has two faces
    Dahrendorf; 1959, 1968

    Sociological theory is divided into two parts:

    Consensus Theory
    Conflict Theory
    Struggle between social classes to maintain
    dominance and power in social systems

    Social orders as based on manipulation and


    control by dominant groups
    Conflict Theory

    Conflict theory is a way of studying


    society that focuses on the
    inequality of different groups in a
    society.

    Karl Marx
    19th century
    Karl Marx based his social conflict theory
    on the idea that modern society has only
    two classes of people:

    Bourgeoisie

    Proletariat
    The goal is profit
    SOCIALISM

    An economic system that is


    controlled by the workers
    inside the factories and
    directed not by owners but by
    the centralized government
    planning committee.
    Conflict theory focuses on the
    heterogeneous nature of
    society and the differential
    distribution of political and
    social power.

    Horton and Hunt, 1985


    Conflict theories emphasize the
    dominance of some social
    groups by others, see social
    order as based on the
    manipulation and control by
    dominant groups.

    George Ritzer, 2000


    The larger issue for conflict
    theorists is the role that
    education plays in maintaining
    the prestige, power, and
    economic and social position of
    the dominant group in society.

    Ballantine and Spade, 2004


    What is social inequality?

    Social inequality results from a society


    organized by hierarchies of class, race, and
    gender that broker access to resources and
    rights in ways that make their distribution
    unequal.
    Two main ways to measure social
    inequality
    Inequality of conditions refers to the unequal
    distribution of income, wealth, and material
    goods.
    Inequality of opportunities refers to the
    unequal distribution of life chances across
    individuals.
    Marx's Conflict Theory

    Conflict theory originated in the work of Karl Marx, who


    focused on the causes and consequences of class
    conflict between the bourgeoisie (the owners of the
    means of production and the capitalists) and the
    proletariat (the working class and the poor). Focusing
    on the economic, social, and political implications
    of the rise of capitalism in Europe, Marx theorized that
    this system, premised on the existence of a powerful
    minority class (the bourgeoisie) and an oppressed
    majority class (the proletariat), created class conflict
    because the interests of the two were at odds, and
    resources were unjustly distributed among them.
    Conflict theory states that tensions and conflicts
    arise when resources, status, and power are
    unevenly distributed between groups in
    society and that these conflicts become the
    engine for social change. In this context, power
    can be understood as control of material
    resources and accumulated wealth, control of
    politics and the institutions that make up society,
    and one's social status relative to
    others (determined not just by class but by race,
    gender, sexuality, culture, and religion, among
    other things).

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