SOCIOL 2S06 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Talcott Parsons, Wilbert E. Moore, Kingsley Davis

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Focuses on the structures of society and the functions of these structures. Social institutions and how these structures are interdependent. Influence of emile durkheim- they drew from his ideas decades later. A high division of labour making everyone interdependent (rely on others to do their jobs). Became the dominant sociological theory in 1940-1950s. Was the most important because it fit in with the mood of that time. Theory focused on social order & maintaining society fits in with a conservative approach. The decline of structural functionalism: mounting criticisms. Started to emerge in the 1960s (radical decade) Growing conflict between sexism, racism and war. Feminist movement, civil rights movement and peace movement. A theory on social order and maintaining society as it was resulted in sociologists turning away from structural functionalism. 1970s moved beyond and favored other theories. Was popular during the (cid:883)9(cid:887)(cid:882)(cid:495)s due to the conservative decade and so was (cid:498)new functionalism(cid:499). To build on structural functionalism but overcome its.

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