Structural functionalism

French philosopher, mathematician and sociologist (1798–1857)

French sociologist (1858–1917)

Italian economist and sociologist (1848-1923)

American sociologist (1902 – 1979)

aggregate of patterned social arrangements in society

American sociologist (1910–2003)

Harriet Martineau was an English social theorist. She wrote from a sociological, holistic, religious and feminine angle, translated works by Auguste Comte, and, rare for a woman writer at the time, earned enough to support herself.

social incorporation of outgroups

a sociological theory arguing that the stability of society is determined by functional institutions and individuals having a specific role

theory of the state

set or system of linked social structures, institutions, relations, customs, values and practices

sociological term defined by Émile Durkheim