Structural functionalism | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-03-17

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00:01:21 1 Theory
00:05:41 2 Prominent theorists
00:05:50 2.1 Auguste Comte
00:07:12 2.2 Herbert Spencer
00:11:49 2.3 Talcott Parsons
00:18:18 2.4 Davis and Moore
00:19:39 2.5 Robert Merton
00:24:18 2.6 Almond and Powell
00:26:13 3 Unilineal descent
00:29:31 4 Decline of functionalism
00:31:49 5 Criticisms
00:40:40 6 Influential theorists
00:41:18 7 See also



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Structural functionalism, or simply functionalism, is "a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability". This approach looks at society through a macro-level orientation, which is a broad focus on the social structures that shape society as a whole, and believes that society has evolved like organisms. This approach looks at both social structure and social functions. Functionalism addresses society as a whole in terms of the function of its constituent elements; namely norms, customs, traditions, and institutions.
A common analogy, popularized by Herbert Spencer, presents these parts of society as "organs" that work toward the proper functioning of the "body" as a whole. In the most basic terms, it simply emphasizes "the effort to impute, as rigorously as possible, to each feature, custom, or practice, its effect on the functioning of a supposedly stable, cohesive system". For Talcott Parsons, "structural-functionalism" came to describe a particular stage in the methodological development of social science, rather than a specific school of thought.