macro view: social forces have a powerful impact on individuals who have little freedom to oppose

divided into consensus and conflict structuralism

bourgeoise own means of economic production whilst proletariat only own their labour power

bourgeoise also own and control ideological states apparatuses that allow them to convince people that the system is either fair or impossible for them to change

the belief that societies are patriarchal and that men have both interpersonal power and cultural power

different types of femenism: liberal femenism, marxist femenist and radical femenist

shows how this divides society so powerful groups control society at the cost of less powerful groups

marxist see this in economical terms and femenist in patriarchal terms

order and stability are created by how societies are organized

people are made to confrom through: goal mantainance, adaptation, inegration, latency