Category
page 1Functionalism (social theory)
Herbert Spencer
English philosopher and political theorist (1820–1903)
Bronisław Malinowski
Polish anthropologist and ethnographer based in England and the USA (1884–1942)
Robert K. Merton
American sociologist (1910–2003)
Niklas Luhmann
German sociologist, administration expert, and social systems theorist (1927-1998)
Alfred Radcliffe-Brown
British anthropologist (1881–1955)
structural functionalism
a sociological theory arguing that the stability of society is determined by functional institutions and individuals having a specific role
total institution
form of enclosed place of work and residence
Defective democracy
Type of political system