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What are the strengths and weakness of the conflict perspective in Sociology? Illustrate how the conflict perspective can be applied to the study of a named social institution in society.
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What are the strengths and weakness of the conflict perspective in Sociology? Illustrate how the conflict perspective can be applied to the study of a named social institution in society. 'Money is the barometer of a society's virtue. When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion-when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing- when you see that money is flowing to those that deal, not in goods, but in favors -when you see that men get richer by graft and pull tan by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you- when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming self-sacrifice- you may know that your society is domed.' Ayn Rand (from Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal) Sociology as defined by Giddens (1986) "is a social science, having as its main...
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