what is social class according to functionalism or fuctionalist?
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Functionalism is described as a Structural Consensus perspective on Sociology which distinguishes it from Structural Conflict perspectives such as Marxism and from various types of Social Action Sociology. In Functionalist models of societies such as those outlined by Talcott Parsons all of the social institutions which make up a given society are assumed to contribute to the overall efficiency and stability of that society in various ways and to contribute positively to the welfare of its members [as you may already seen, for example, in your studies of functionalist theories of the family and formal education systems] and the hierarchical systems of social stratification operative within societies are also seen as functional for societies and beneficial for all of its members.