collect (third-person singular simple present collects, present participle collecting, simple past and past participle collected) ( 1 transitive) To gather together; amass. quotations â¼ 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, âGeothermal Energyâ, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4: Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it.
pluralist theory, elite and class theory contends that society is divided along class lines and that an upper-class elite rules. Wealth is seen as the basis of power, and a few powerful Americans are the policymakers. Some scholars believe elitism is on the rise in the United States, especially due to the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George W.
Liberal/Enlightenment theory. If any one perspective can be said to form the basis of whats considered common sense in American culture, its this one. That does not necessarily mean, however, that it is an accurate description of American society.unctionalism, on the other hand, does well at explaining continuity, assuming, as it does, that stability is the natural state of society. What it has trouble with is explaining change, why anything ever changes at all. These three general categories of social theory are ideal types.