Detailed Instructions: In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
Q: This man argued that the state of being sick must follow four sets of social rules in The Social System. He theorized that a society must progress through adaptation, goal attainment, integration, and latency in order to survive in its environment in Economy and Society and further developed the AGIL paradigm in The American University. He supported the cause to unite all social sciences with one overarching theoretical framework, grand theory, and crafted a social theory that states that society consists of smaller parts that each play their own role. For 10 points, identify this sociologist, author of The Structure of Social Action, best known for founding structural functionalism. [thats right, the entire question is in power]
A:
Social Science