[PDF] conflict perspective on family as a social institution

According to conflict theorists, the family works toward the continuance of social inequality within a society by maintaining and reinforcing the status quo. Through inheritance, the wealthy families are able to keep their privileged social position for their members.
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  • What is the family through a conflict perspective?

    Conflict Theory
    Within families, conflict theorists highlight the role of power in family life and contend that the family is often not a haven, but rather an arena where power struggles occur.
    This exercise of power often entails the gender role performances described above.

  • What is the conflict perspective of social institutions?

    Conflict theory focuses on the competition among groups within society over limited resources.
    Conflict theory views social and economic institutions as tools of the struggle among groups or classes, used to maintain inequality and the dominance of the ruling class.

  • How family is a social institution?

    The family is the social institution where the child first learns social norms and is socialized as an individual.
    Thanks to the function of socialization, the individual formed in the family meets the needs of the society and succeeds in gaining his/her social "I" or identity and becoming a member of the society.

  • How family is a social institution?

    According to conflict theory, social stratification benefits the rich and powerful at the expense of the poor.
    Thus, it creates a system of winners and losers that is maintained by those who are on the top.
    The people who are losers do not get a fair chance to compete, and thus are stuck on the bottom.

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