Question

When did herbert spencer give functionist perspective?

Answer 1

Structural functionalism theory was fully developed by Talcott Parsons and Emile Durkheim during the 1940s to 1960s. This theory was, in fact, the first classical theory of sociology and was followed by Symbolic Interactionism (E. Goffman and H. Mead) from 1950s to mid 1970s .