SOC212H1 Study Guide - Class Conflict, Rulemaking, Panopticism
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Soc212 lecture on june 3 functionalism and strain. A view which focuses on the idea that societies evolve, grow, or. Everything in society serves some kind of social function which has the higher goal of maintaining social order. To say that something is functional does not necessarily mean it is a good thing. Society is full of interdependent and interrelated parts. Urbanization movement of people from country to the city. Societies are simply organized to start with, but over time they grow and become more complex. Like an organism, societies have certain needs; needs are called. All societies have these needs but they can achieve them in different ways; systems are developed to meet the needs. The goals of the system must be defined, means of attempting to achieve these goals must be laid out, and then these goals must be achieved.
