Conflict Theory In Social Work

Structural-functionalism is social institutions that are interconnected and the relationships that exist between each institution is what contributes to stabilizing society as a whole. Each institute is responsible for filling a different need in the groups that make society (ex. Police brings safety needs and enforce laws needed to keep order, or religion helps some create morals and bring meaning to people’s lives). If one of the institutes in society goes wrong, the other institutes must adjust to the changes or else social problems will arise for either the better or worse. Conflict theory is when in society the resources are not distributed proportionally so the groups that hold the more resources get the power over the groups who are

An example that could be used in terms for academic success could be the want for a higher education. In my family, I am the first to attend and will be the first to graduate college, and the only reason I can go to college right now is because of a scholarship. The higher educational system weeds out students who cannot afford to pay for the college classes, so thus they will never be able to move on to get a high paying job and will remain stuck in poorly paid job. While the wealthy students will never have a problem with being able to pay so they can go on to get those high paying jobs just like their families. The education system charging high prices for continuing in school makes the poor unable to compete with the rich so they stay in the same social

I agree with this because of its ideas that the world’s resources are not distributed equally so some groups of society have control over the ones who do not have the resources to themselves. I can see examples of conflict theory in U.S history during the times of the Industrial Revolution, when wages were low enough already and 4 steel companies came together and decided they wanted to cut wages even further which resulted in a strike between the workers but were ultimately shut down because these wealthy had connection in government so used that power to use the military and strike down the workers who were in protest, and the workers had to surrender because it meant losing their jobs. In this situation the workers were at the mercy of the companies because even though they protested they were given the choice of being jobless and keep protesting but facing grave consequences from military strikes or taking a pay cut that would cause them more poverty and the companies to make more profit for themselves (Kennedy, David M., and Lizabeth Cohen. The American Pageant: A History of the American People. 16th ed. Australia: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2013. Print.). Or an example from today’s society is new president Donald Trump elected top American business leaders as his cabinet officials, now these business leaders who already control most of American wealth now have the power to convince the leader of