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Type of theory
Conflict theory- capitalist society is inherent theory with conflict
Society as a Plantation
R T Smith in 1967 presented models; R.T. models ; which he says oversimplify and exaggerate But which suggest meaningful and conceptual relationships (having no explanatory power). R.T.Smith contends that in Guyana each plantation was an effective unit of society as well as being a unit of production.
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References
Beckford George (1972) Persistent Poverty. Poverty Oxford University Press. Reprinted 1999. Best Lloyd & Kari Levitt (1969) Essays on Externally Propelled Growth in the Caribbean. Craig, Susan (ed.) (1981). Contemporary Caribbean, A Sociological Reader. Vol. 2.
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