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"Power as the central feature of society rather than thinking of society as held together by collective agreement concerning a cohesive set of cultural standards as functionalists do” The statement indicates towards which of the following theories?

The correct answer is

Conflict Theory

Conflict theory emphasizes unequal power, competing interests and struggles over resources in explaining social order and change. This is the perspective contrasted in the statement with functionalist emphasis on consensus and shared cultural standards.

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Important Questions from Approaches to sociology of education - Teaching

  1. Who argues that 'families are factories which produce human personalities’ ?

  2. The major contributor to the theory of communicative reason and communicative rationality was:

  3. Which of the following statements is not correct in case of 'Wollstonecraft'?

  4. Stratification in society is based on‐

  5. The Preamble of our Indian Constitution has a sequence of:

    A. Justice

    B. Equity

    C. Equality

    D. Fraternity

    E. Liberty

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below

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