Consensus and conflict theories

Question 1

Consensus Theories Are?

Answer 1

• Consensus theories are those that see people in
  society as having shared interests and society
  functioning on the basis of there being broad
  agreement on norms and values. The main consensus
  theory we consider is functionalism.

Question 2

Functionalism

Answer 2

• The sociological perspective, functionalism, developed
  from the writings of the French sociologist, Emile
  Durkheim (1858‐1917).