Please provide individual answers to the following questions by Usic

Please provide individual answers to the following questions by Usic https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im 1. In which sense Conflict Theories are similar to Functionalism? 2. What are the critical differences between Conflict Theories and Functionalism? 3. Marx ‘s ideas are regarded as a critical source for Conflict theories. Why? 4. What is the focus of Feminism? Explain. 5. What is the difference between micro and macro level analysis and explain how they benefit social science research? Discuss using an example of racial discrimination. en-us 2021-10-14 08:05:33 UTC 2021-10-14 10:00:48 UTC hello@padlet.com Huangdong Chen hchen1071 https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816395213 1.Sociologists that utilize conflict theory, like functionalists, emphasize the relevance of social structure and provide a complete model to describe how society functions.
2.Conflict theorists stress the importance of social fragmentation, and they tend to think of society as being made up of different groups, each pursuing its own interests. Functionalism emphasizes the importance of consensus.
3.Marx saw class conflict as the driving force of history, because workers had little control over their labor and employers were able to make a profit by appropriating it. And employers pay them less than their labor is worth.
4.Feminism focuses on the micro level and the macro world of large social structures. Because feminism can express gender inequality at both macro and micro levels, for example, at the micro level, feminists have conducted research on the use of gender stereotypes and language in interactions, pointing out and challenging many taken for granted dominant male assumptions. At the macro level, gender inequality is rooted in modern social structures, such as legal systems, education and schools, government and politics.
5.Macro level analysis focuses on large-scale social processes. Micro level analysis focuses on small-scale interactions between individuals. And This helps them better understand the whole social structure and individuals or groups. For racial discrimination, things like people being denied jobs or apartments because of the color of their skin.]]> 2021-10-14 08:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816395213 keye chen kchen651 https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816413025 1.There is no similarity between the two
2.Functionalism holds that all aspects of society are playing their functions, which is very important to the survival of society. On the contrary, conflict theory holds that society is divided into several parts due to long-term class conflict and uneven distribution of resources.
3.According to this theory, the continuous tension between the highest class bourgeoisie and the working class or the lowest class proletariat is realized. The main focus of conflict theory is class conflict. Because it explains the class order in a society maintained by rule and power without consensus and consistency due to resource constraints.
4.The social theory and political movement founded and launched to promote sexual class equality not only criticizes social relations, but also focuses on the analysis of gender inequality and promoting the rights, interests and issues of the sexual bottom.
5.
1)The research object of microeconomics is a single economic unit, such as family, manufacturer and so on.
2)The research object of macroeconomics is the whole economy, studying the operation mode and law of the whole economy, and analyzing economic problems from the total amount.
For example, in some countries, some regions are discriminated because of skin color.]]> 2021-10-14 08:29:22 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816413025 vicki ykunqiqiake1 https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816416232 1. The importance of social structure and a comprehensive 'model' to explain how society works.
2. The differences are conflict theories rejects consensus, and they value the divisions in society, for which conflict theories pay more attention to issue of power, inequality and competitive struggle. Functionalism regards society as a whole but conflict theories see the society as composed of distinct groups. functionalism see each part of the society has different function but the conflict theories believes that the tensions between oppressing class and the oppressed class is always exist.
3. Because Marx's idea of class conflict is very systematic and it had a great impact on conflict theory.
4. The focus of feminism is gender inequality. It is as well a type of conflict theory but it more believes that gender inequality is beyond classes and has a long history.
5. The micro level analysis concentrates more on a specific subject rather than a whole society basis. The combination of both can show the structure inequality. For example, racial problem in different area shows different discrimination towards different race, but it is a serious problem for the whole human society.]]> 2021-10-14 08:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816416232 Xue Yan xyan24 https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816416333 1 like functionalists, sociologists using conflict theories emphasize the importance of social structure, and they advance a comprehensive model to explain how society works.

2 Conflict theory reject functionalism‘s emphasis on consensus, they highlight the importance of divisions in society and, in doing so, concentrate on issues of power, inequality and competitive struggle

3 because it examine the tensions between dominant and disadvantaged group, looking to understand how relationships of control are establish and maintained

4 Focus on gender inequality，feminist research and theorizing looks at the micro level as well as the macro world of large social structures and some of the macro level either.

5From the micro level, we can find out the discrimination between each person of different races and the personal things. From the macro level, we can study the problem of racial discrimination from different countries, education and legal system, so that the problem can be better solved

]]> 2021-10-14 08:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816416333 xitong Yan xitongYan https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816418387 1.Both emphasize the relevance of social structure to ensure the reasonable operation of society
2.The theory of social conflict emphasizes the positive effect of social conflict on the consolidation and development of society, while functionalism emphasizes the stability and peace of society.
3.Because Marx took the capitalist society he lived in as a specimen, and through the explanation of the contradictory phenomena and confrontational behaviors in the capitalist society, he came up with the theory of social conflict.
4.Not only prohibit discrimination against women in action, but also prohibit discrimination against women in concept
5.The macro is composed of onlookers, the macro represents the versatility, and the micro represents the accuracy. One is the direction that the overall situation needs to be controlled, and the other is the direction of local research in small areas.We can go to a small part of the study from the micro to form the macro direction.]]> 2021-10-14 08:32:15 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816418387 Moliy https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816418767 1 sociologists using conflict theories emphasize the importance of social structures, and they advance a comprehensive 'model' to explain how society works.
2Conflict Theories：Emphasizing the importance of social division, they tend to think that society is composed of different groups, and all groups pursue their own interests.
3 Because all the conflict theories are Marxist, for example, feminism is a conflict theory.
4 Gender inequality.For some feminist theorists, gender inequality is more important than class inequality, and has a longer history.
5The research object of microeconomics is a single economic unit, and the research object of macroeconomics is the whole economy.For example, different countries have different views on people of different skin colors]]> 2021-10-14 08:32:28 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816418767 Hanqiao Li hli172 https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816419458 1. Like functionalists, sociologists who use conflict theory emphasize the relevance of social structures and provide a complete model of how society works.
2.They emphasize the importance of social fragmentation, and they tend to think that society is made up of different groups, each pursuing its own interests. Functionalism emphasizes the importance of consensus.
3.He argued that class conflict was the driving force of history, because workers had little control over their labor, while employers could make profits by taking possession
4.Social theories and political movements created and initiated to promote gender and class equality not only criticize social relations, but also focus on the analysis of gender inequality and promote the rights and problems of the bottom of the gender spectrum.
5. Macro analysis tends to focus on large-scale social processes, while micro analysis tends to focus on individual interactions. There are things about racism at the micro level. At the macro level, we can study racial discrimination from different countries, different education and different legal systems

]]> 2021-10-14 08:32:52 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816419458 Yilin Gu Lareina YilinGu https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816422670 1. Conflict theories and functionalist all emphasize the importance of social structures, and they advance a comprehen-sive 'model' to explain how society works.
2. Conflict Theories reject function- alism's emphasis on consensus. They highlight the importance of divisions in society.
3. Marx viewed capitalism as part of a historical progression of economic systems.
He thinks laborers have little control or power in the economic system (because they don’t own factories or materials), their worth can be devalued over time. This can create an imbalance between business owners and their workers, which can eventually lead to social conflicts.
4. Feminism concentrates on gender inequality- the unequal situation between men and women that exists in most societies.
5. Micro level is the most common type of social work, and involves direct interaction with clients to address individual problems.
Macro-level social work involves interventions and advocacy on a large scale, affecting entire communities, states or even countries.

]]> 2021-10-14 08:34:28 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816422670 (Ivy) Ruoyu Liu https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816426080 1. The social system and revolutionary thoughts proposed by functionalism and conflict theory are based on their own social background, culture and people's living and political conditions.
2. Structural functionalism emphasizes social stability, while social conflict theory emphasizes the positive effect of social conflict on social consolidation and development.
3. Social conflict theory originated from Marx, which provides enlightening viewpoints and concepts for understanding contemporary conflict theory.
4. Feminism is a social theory and political movement founded and initiated to end sexist exploitation and promote equality of sexual class. For example, Feminism holds that the current society is based on a patriarchal system centered on men.
5.
1）Macro is the Angle visible to the naked eye, micro is invisible to the naked eye to explain from the onlooker, sometimes can not be explained by classical mechanics theory.
2）There are a lot of details on the micro level that you can't see on the macro level. But the macro relationships that are formed between a large number of micro individuals are information that can't be seen at the micro level. Such as racism because of skin color.]]> 2021-10-14 08:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816426080 vesper swang2251 https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816431521 1.The former capitalist system preached kingship, kingship and theocratic power; The resulting difference in economic system is that personal property is sacrosanct
2.Functionalism focuses on the study of the balance and coordination mechanism between social operation and social development, which is a kind of maintenance sociology. The emphasis is often on "stable order". Conflict theory emphasizes the conflict in social life and explains social change. The problem of aging should be defined from what Angle.
3.Because Marx had a great influence on the theory of conflict
4.Social theory and political movement created and launched to promote equality among the sexual classes
5.Macro analysis is a relatively large-scale scope, micro-analysis is specific to a small detail, at the macro level, we can analyze different countries, different skin color racial discrimination]]> 2021-10-14 08:39:19 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816431521 Aya Hassan Salama asalama11 https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816440419 1. They sociologists that utilize conflict theory, like functionalists, emphasize the relevance of social structure and provide a complete model to describe how society functions.
2. Instead, they highlight the importance of division of society and, in doing to, inequality and competitive struggle.
3. Conflict theory, first purported by Karl Marx, is a theory that society is in a state of perpetual conflict because of competition for limited resources. Conflict theory holds that social order is maintained by domination and power, rather than by consensus and conformity.
4. The gender inequality of the society is more significant than a class-based inequality and has a much longer history.
5. Micro-level research examines individuals and individual-level interactions of various kinds. However Macro-level research examines the political-administrative environment. This helps the writing more that proves with more than one evidence and more than one side of story.

]]> 2021-10-14 08:43:48 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816440419 Ariel yqin25 https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816441422 1.Both see society as a whole. Both believe that human behavior and life form are governed by a system 2.The main difference between functionalism and conflict theory is that functionalism holds that society is a system composed of different parts with specific functions, while conflict theory holds that society is a social conflict caused by social inequality. 3Marxist social conflict theory originated from Marx, and after the baptism of social practice, gradually developed and improved, is an important part of Marxist theory. Its main point is that the origin of social conflicts starts from the scarcity of social material resources, and then is influenced by the desire for private possession of material materials as the main psychological motivation.
4.Feminism is a social movement that cuts across class and race lines. Feminist movements within each culture are unique and raise issues that target women in that society]]> 2021-10-14 08:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816441422 junqi Wang 2638427 https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816441785 1.In terms of ultimate purpose, functional theory and conflict theory are similar
2.Structural functionalism emphasizes social stability and harmony, representing the conservative school of sociology, while social conflict theory emphasizes the positive effect of social conflict on social consolidation and development, representing the radical school of sociology.
3.Modern social conflict theory is an inheritance of Marx's social conflict theory, and they are inspired by Marx's view that functional theory is too conservative
4.Feminism is the ideological and social activity for the complete equality of women and men
5.The micro analysis is individual, and the macro analysis is the whole. Racism, on the other hand, is macro, and discrimination is for a race rather than a person]]> 2021-10-14 08:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816441785 Mayed alshamsi https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816447152 1-Sociologists that use struggle hypothesis, similar to functionalists, stress the significance of social design and give a total model to depict how society capacities.
2-Primary functionalism underlines social soundness, while social clash hypothesis stresses the beneficial outcome of social struggle on friendly solidification.
3-Marx saw free enterprise as a feature of a recorded movement of financial systems.Social struggle hypothesis started from Marx, which gives edifying perspectives and ideas to understanding contemporary conflicted hypothesis.
4-Social hypotheses and political developments made and started to advance sex and class fairness reprimand social relations, yet in addition center around the examination of sex imbalance and advance the privileges and issues of the lower part of the gender.Social hypothesis and political development made and dispatched to advance uniformity among the sexual classes.
5-full scale examination will in general zero in for enormous scope social cycles, while miniature investigation will in general zero in on individual communications. There are things about prejudice at the miniature level. At the full scale level, we can concentrate on racial separation from various nations, distinctive schooling and diverse overall sets of laws]]> 2021-10-14 08:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816447152 Doris xzhou87 https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816475624 1. Social structure
2. Functionalists emphasise consensus, conflict theorists emphasise social fragmentation.
3. Marx saw class conflict as the driving force of history. For workers have little control over their labour, while employers can profit by controlling it.
4. Feminism relates to the macro world in relation to the micro level and large social structures. At the micro level, feminist research into the use of gender stereotypes and linguistic interactions has identified and challenged many male domains. At the macro level, feminist research has shown that gender inequality is rooted in modern social structures such as law, education, schools, government, and politics.
5. Macro-level analysis is a relatively large-scale scope, while micro-level analysis focuses on the small scale. For example, people are denied jobs because of the colour of their skin. Different countries discriminate in different ways against people with different skin colours.]]> 2021-10-14 09:02:29 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816475624 Grace Yirong Lei ylei16 https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816581641 1. Sociologists using conflict theories emphasize the importance of social structures, and they advance, a comprehensive model' to explain how society works.
2. Conflict theorists reject functionalism's emphasis on consensus while Functionalism highlight the importance of divisions in. society and, in doing so, concentrate on issues of power, inequality and competitive struggle.
3. Because Marxist approaches have been highly influential in conflict theory.
4. Feminism is a form of conflict theory which concentrates on gender inequality. For some feminist theorists, gender inequality is more significant than class-based inequality and has a much longer history.
5. Macro social work focus on assessing and addressing an individual’s problems through one-on-one or small-group assessments and treatment. Instead, macro social support clients in a more holistic fashion by serving as an advocate for them.]]> 2021-10-14 10:00:48 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/34wg0gbolk8f38im/wish/1816581641