... social stratification and that "social inequality is based on the economic organisation of society and the political power to dominate and coerce.." (Sargent, Nilan and Winter, 1997, p.216). A perspective adhering to the sociological theory of conflict. The conflict theory is based on the notion that dominant groups use their power to coerce situations to serve their own interests in detriment to subordinate ... the Goods and Services Tax can only reinforce the existing social inequality therefore creating definite conflict between the classes. In contrast, the ideology of functionalism...

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