Asses the functionalist view that religion benefits both society as a whole and its individual members. 33marks The functionalist view of religion stems from Durkheim who said that society is like the human body. He argued that that religion reinforces collective conscience that leads to a unity within society as a whole and that each member of the society is joined in solidarity‚ therefore it acts as glue. It does so by reinforcing social norms and values that bring the community together. It
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Social change: a significant modification of behaviour‚ beliefs or culture within a society. There are two main schools of thought on how and when this is brought about. The structural functionalist perspective (hereby called functionalism) views society as a bunch of interdependent parts‚ all of which perform a function that is essential to the stability of the society as a whole. It sees change as mainly gradual and due to advancement‚ and considers rapid change to be threatening to society. Conflict
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Ireland The social stratification in Ireland today is undefined. During the Celtic Tiger it was perceived that Ireland as a whole was very wealthy and many people were classed as ‘wealthy’ or ‘upper class’. However since the recession hit the social status regarding the wealth of the country has deteriorated. It appears now that a larger number of the population are working or middle class and only a minority group remain in the upper classes of society. The growing unemployment rate has forced many
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location of the hospital a person is born in. The idea of a caste system‚ originally presented in ancient India‚ is a type of social structure that divides people on the basis of inherited social status. Although many societies could be described in this way‚ within a caste system‚ people are rigidly expected to marry and interact with people of the same social class. The roots of the Indian caste system can be found in the Hindu scriptures‚ although the caste system was adopted by other religions
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Outline and assess the functionalist’s view of education Functionalists look at how society works in a scientific way to see how it works. They have similar ideas about education too. There are three main functions. The first is socialisation. Education is a source of secondary socialisation. It helps to teach young people values‚ norms equality and achievement. Schools are the main part of a child’s day and therefore influence them greatly. The second is learning skills. When in education‚ you
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Social stratification is the separation of huge numbers of people into strata according to their relative power‚ property‚ and prestige. It affects to both nations and to people within a nation‚ society‚ or other group. Although they may argue as to which structure of social stratification they employ‚ all societies stratify their members. Bovee‚ Thill‚ and Tumin talk about social stratification in some way in their papers‚ which will be addressed below. Melvin Tumin recognized three problems with
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Functionalism is a predominant perspective.The functionalists see education as a miniature society‚ where the individual develops a sense of commitment to the social group; it is a place to learn rules where the individual learns to conform to societies cultural norms and values. The functionalist perspectives of Emile Durkheim are‚ he believed that the major function of education was the transmission of societies norms and values. This would allow an advanced division of labour‚ which contributes
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Outline and evaluate the functionalist view of the role of the family in society. 33 marks - 25 minutes. A family is a kinship - people related by blood or marriage. Functionalism is a macro theory which means it looks at a wider sociological view. It focuses on the importance of the nuclear family (mother and father married with children)‚ the universality of the family‚ changing roles and how the nuclear family “fits” into modern society. The theory of “fit” is argued by Parsons‚ where he believes
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Criticisms of the functionalist view of the family Functionalism is the theory that all aspects of society serve a function‚ and these functions are necessary for society. Functionalists believe that the survival of society depends on all of the different aspects which is a like the human body. The human body has all different aspects of it working together to make it function (organs) and without one of these the body wouldn’t work‚ this is what functionalists believe society is like. Marxists
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Stratification is when individuals within a society are categorized into different groups based on certain factors. These factors could include wealth‚ social class‚ gender‚ politics and religion. The individuals in society who are lucky to have good income and resources represent the top of the social stratification whereas the individuals who have few resources represent the bottom of the social stratification. From the functionalist perspective of social stratification‚ social inequality is
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