KindsofSociologyTypesofSociologycanbeseparatedbyapproachStructuralFunctionalistorderfunctionofthingswhythingsstaytogetherConflictwhythingsfallapartFeministtheorypartofconflicttheorySymbolicInteractionmeaningofthingsPostModernvoicesknowledgecanbedangerousOrbyaudienceProfessionalcriticalpolicypublicApproachesStructuralFunctionalismtwodimensions1focusedonsocialsystemsandhowtheyproducechange2FusedwithstructuralismasawaytoexplainsocialformsandtheircontributiontosocietyThismethoddoesntalwaysworktheresnofunctionofpovertyforexampleUsesbiologicalmethodforsocietysocietyislikethehumanbodyNotgoodatmakingsocialchangeorpromotingunderstandingofconflictRobertMerton1910to2003outlinethreetypesoffunctionsManifestfunctionsintendedfunctionoforganizationLatentFunctionsresultsnotpartofpurposeunintendedLatentdysfunctionsnegativeresultsnotpartofpurposeunintendedEmileDurkheim18581917founderofsociologywantedittobeviewedasascienceprovedthatpersonalactionsarepatternedthroughhisstudyofsuicideDefinedthetermSocialFactsocialtruthssocialpatternsofbehaviourConflictTheorybasedonclasscontestationconflictandchangeconflictexistsinalllargesocietiesthestresslinespointsaremajorsocialfactorsclassisafactorinalllargesocietiesfunctionsofsocietycanbecontestedassumessocietywillorshouldchangeCWrightMills19161962Feministtheory
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