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Center for the Assessment of Learning at TESU

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Karl Marx - Father of sociology.

Responsible for the concept of Class struggle and resource competition.

Max Weber - Successor of Marx.

Expanded on economic conflict with social and political dimensions.

W.E.B Du Bois - Applied conflict theory to race and inequality.

C. Write Mills - introduced the concept of the "power Elite" in modern society.

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- Power: Social order is maintained by domination and power, rather than consensus. Powerful groups use their power to maintain dominance and inequality, while pow powerful groups fight to gain resources.

- Structural inequality: society is inherently characterized by competition over limited resources, leading to unequal distribution of power and status.

- Revolution: Social change is driven by conflict over scarce resources and power

- Competition: society is in a competition for limited resources like money, property, wealth and, status.

- Power imbalance

- Social stratification

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How does social media affect modern day patterns and behaviours within society?

How does conflict theory focus on power and inequality, rather than social stability?