What did you learned about the structural functionalism?
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it is a sociological Theory that explain why society functions the way it does by emphasizing on the relationship between the various social institution that make up society.eg government
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Structural Functionalism:
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- Constructive functionalism or simply functionalism is the main concept of sociology.
- Along with positivism, functionalist thinking has a special place in sociology.
- Supporters of functionalist theory believe that the activities of society are organized in an orderly manner and therefore they see society as a system.
- There is self-sufficiency among the various elements in the orderly running of the social system.
- These different elements of society represent a complete system. Therefore, society is a complete system, in maintaining its orderly nature, various groups and institutions play an important role.
- The father of functionalist theory in sociology is considered to be Emile Durkheim, who suggested that religion provides a moral basis for maintaining unity in society.
- The moral values of the society on the basis of religion reinforce the solitary nature of the society.
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