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===Conflict Theory===
===Conflict Theory===
Key Figures: Karl Marx, Frederich Engels, Max Weber
Conflict theory strives to explain social facts in terms of different groups competing for control of resources, or advantages. This process occurs on macro levels, such as class groups, and tries to explain stability and change in terms of the conflict between these macro level structures. Two central premises to this theory are that priveleged grouops are working to maintain their priveleges, while the disadvantaged are constantly trying to attain more. Karl Marx is regarded as the father of conflict theory, and the idea of human society. Communism is the modern day incarnation of Marx ideal human society. Central to the ideas of conflict theory are that by eliminating privelege, the overal welfare of the society can be increased. That is, a true equality amongst members of a society. Through class consciousness, Marx believed that the workers would eventually recongnize they were being exploited, and put an end to privelege.
'''Key Figures:''' Karl Marx, Frederich Engels, Max Weber
;Notable works include
:Das Kapital by Karl Marx
:The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Frederich Engels
:The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber
===Functionalism===
===Functionalism===
Key Figures: Emile Durkheim
Key Figures: Emile Durkheim