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How do functionalists see society?

As based on value consensus; it sees members of society as sharing a common culture.

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What are the two mechanisms functionalists argue are needed to achieve solidarity?

Socialisation and Social control

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Define Socialisation

Socialisation: Installation of shared norms, values and culture, this means that peopel will believe its right to behave in the way the society requires them to.

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Define Social control

mechanisms include: rewards or posive sanctions for conformity and punishments (negative sanctions) for devience. These help ensure that indiviudals behave in the way society expects.

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How do functionalists see crime?

Although they see crime and destabalising society they also see it as inevitable and universal. Durkheim: 'crime is normal...an integral part of all healthy societites'

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What are two reasons why crime and devience are found in all socieities?

1. Not eveeryone is equally effectively socialised. 2. Diversity of lifestyle and values.

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Durkheims view of modern societites

They tend towards anomie or normlessness. the rules governing behvaiour become weaker and less clear cut. this is because of the speicalised didivion of labour which leads to indivudals becoming increasingly different from one another.

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