A2: T+M Topic 3

Question 1

What was the entitlement project

Answer 1

The goal of changing the world for the better with the application of human reason

Question 2

What are modernist theories

Answer 2

Theories sociologists sought to develop that they could use to improve society

Question 3

who are structural theorists

Answer 3

functionalism, feminism, marxism

Question 4

what kind of society do structural theorists have

Answer 4

Believe that structural forces shape society that they take a top down deterministic approach believing that we are controlled by forces that are external to us, Lukes describes these as social facts

Question 5

What are the basic differences between the theories

Answer 5

functionalism - takes a consensus view
marxism- takes a conflict view
feminism- takes a conflict view and also would reject the use of positivist approaches to researching society preferring to take an interpretivist approach