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Structural functionalism, or simply functionalism, is "a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability".
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| Rousseau | instance of | Outline of the Theory of StructurationWhile one may regard functionalism as a logical extension of the organic analogies for societies presented by political philosophers | 0.80 | text |
| sociology draws firmer attention to those institutions unique to industrialized capitalist society | instance of | Outline of the Theory of StructurationWhile one may regard functionalism as a logical extension of the organic analogies for societies presented by political philosophers | 0.80 | text |
| Marcel Mauss | instance of | the social structure is the network of statuses connected by associated roles.Functionalism also has an anthropological basis in the work of theorists | 0.80 | text |
| Bronisław Malinowski | instance of | the social structure is the network of statuses connected by associated roles.Functionalism also has an anthropological basis in the work of theorists | 0.80 | text |
| Radcliffe-Brown | instance of | the social structure is the network of statuses connected by associated roles.Functionalism also has an anthropological basis in the work of theorists | 0.80 | text |
| prisons | instance of | through institutions | 0.80 | text |
| mental homes | instance of | through institutions | 0.80 | text |
| Structural functionalism | related to Biological | Biological | 0.60 | section |
| Structural functionalism | related to Biological | In | 0.60 | section |
| Structural functionalism | related to Biological | While | 0.60 | section |
| Structural functionalism | related to Biological | By | 0.60 | section |
| Structural functionalism | related to Decline | Structural | 0.60 | section |
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