Sociology

Conflict causes inequality

• Comte

• Durkheim

• Marx

• Weber

Social change is the result of individuals and groups acting purposely.

• Comte

• Durkheim

• Marx

• Weber

Change could be brought about by charismatic leaders.

• Comte

• Durkheim

• Marx

• Weber

Order was based on religious beliefs.

• Comte

• Durkheim

• Marx

• Weber

Order is based on common agreement about the things in the society, and by extension every individual in that society, thinks are important

• Comte

• Durkheim

• Marx

• Weber

Social order is maintained through a mixture of force and persuasions.

• Comte

• Durkheim

• Marx

• Weber

People can be persuaded to behave in an orderly way through

• Comte

• Durkheim

• Marx

• Weber

Social development, once started, followed a process of modernization.

• Comte

• Durkheim

• Marx

• Weber

Old religion is challenged by the emergence of science

• Comte

• Durkheim

• Marx

• Weber

Regard social systems as moral entities - something to which people feel they belong and to which they owe allegiance.

• Comte

• Durkheim

• Marx

• Weber