A focus on the relationship between labour and capital as one characterised by conflict rather than ...........

Sociology Preliminary Economic System and Society

A focus on the relationship between labour and capital as one characterised by conflict rather than consensus is typical of a:

Marxist approach

interactionist approach

functionalist approach

feminist approach

- Option 1: Marxist approach

- Focuses on the inherent conflict between labor (workers) and capital (owners).

- Views society through the lens of class struggle and economic exploitation.

- Examines how power and resources are distributed unequally, leading to tension.

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- Option 2: Interactionist approach

- Focuses on social interactions and meanings people attach to them.

- Examines everyday interactions rather than macro-level structures.

- Less emphasis on conflict and more on individual and small-group dynamics.

- Option 3: Functionalist approach

- Views society as a complex system with interdependent parts.

- Emphasizes social stability and consensus.

- Regards conflict as something that disrupts social harmony.

- Option 4: Feminist approach

- Focuses on gender inequality and power relations between genders.

- Examines how patriarchy and societal norms perpetuate gender-based disparities.

- Conflict seen primarily in terms of gender rather than purely economic class.

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