Functionalism
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- Created by: Rhianna Hall
- Created on: 13-06-14 09:02
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- Functionalism
- Key concepts
- pref quant & use of stats for finding corrs
- soc order, harmony, consensus, v's, integ
- imp of consensus & how it is maint - v's/ socn/ cont
- those who don't adhere to common v's = dev - deserve to be reprimanded
- soc inst have functions - link to other inst - maint the whole
- soc structure shapes people & their beh
- Durkheim
- dev = functional - soc needs careful balance w/ lev of dev
- functions:
- reinforces solidarity of commitment to shared v's
- pun unifies comm
- social rules made clear
- singles out undes indivs
- boundaries reinforced & tested - soc change = poss e.g. Nelson Mandela - change needs to happen - tested boundaries
- legacy of Hitlers Germany - funct would say hoiwever it gave us human rights
- functions:
- dev = about v's - reinforcing them & about social structure & transmission of v's & socialisation
- dev threatens soc order - anomie
- in a 'soc of saints' beh like burping = dev
- low crime rates => stagnation
- high crime rates => anomie
- EVAL
- res meth = theoretical - lacks emperical basis - unrel
- not all crime = funct - e.g. murder victims fam wouldn't think so
- ignores extent to which v's set by soc may create dev
- dev = functional - soc needs careful balance w/ lev of dev
- Merton
- 5 responses to v consensus - LANRC
- used lifestyle of USA dream - places great emphasis on material success
- not everyone has same relationship w/ v consensus as memb of soc in diff pos of soc structure - some embrace, some rej
- in Western soc = cultural goals - socialised to want big houses etc
- institutionalised means of achiev goals - ed & career
- 5 poss ways memb of soc could resp to succ goals - CIRRR
- retre - alcohol/ drug abuse
- reb - e.g. terrorists
- 5 poss ways memb of soc could resp to succ goals - CIRRR
- institutionalised means of achiev goals - ed & career
- EVAL
- over-exag w/c crime & under-es m/c crime
- how can crime be funct when causes so much misery?
- fails to chall whose v consensus we're expected to follow
- explain rise of crime in Thatcher's Britain due to excessive indiv
- Key concepts
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