Questions on the Structural Functionalism

Sociology 2R3-Theories of Class and Stratification

Carl Cuneo

  1. What is structural functionalism? What are its major concepts and propositions?
  2. What are three similarities and three differences between between structural functionalism and marxism? Please discuss them.
  3. Discuss the major differences and relations between mechanic and organic solidarity in Durkheim's Division of Labour.
  4. Did Kingsley David and Wilbert Moore view social stratification as necessary and inevitable, or unnecessary and not inevitable? Discuss the reasons for your answer.
  5. What role did Talcott Parsons think that the family played in social stratification? Why?
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