THEORY BASIC IDEAS AND ASSUMPTIONS

STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALISM - says that the society is made possible due

to cooperation and independence
- with this point of view, the society is
given parts and those parts has been
given a function for the society to
perform
CONFLICT THEORY - Marxist-inspired perspective
- Sees society as an arena
- Social actors are seen as gladiators who
fights for their lives and the winner takes
freedom
- Sees conflict as a positive or
advantageous
- Because of this, conflict makes change
and dynamism possible
- It sets out new set of relations and
interactions which produces new
dynamism in the society
- This theory invokes social processes
rather than functions or independences
SYMBOLIC INTERACTION - Explores on meaning making
- The interpretation of symbols may have a
reality making effect on people
implicated in the interaction situation
- Because of symbols and meanings,
society is possible