Abstract

In the late 1970s the atmosphere in the discipline of sociology started to change. “Consensus sociology” enticed a lot of criticism, and various strands of “conflict sociology”Conflict sociology evolved and challenged it. From the critical point of view, mainstream sociologyMainstream sociology was blind to the role of power, domination, and struggle in society, and to the divergence of interests and identities that had riven it. Political elitesElites (school of sociology) and ethnoClass (social)Ethnoclasses were the first approachs to contest modernization theory.