Functionalists : Key Theorists Flashcards
(6 cards)
1
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Emile Durkheim
What are the key concepts:
A
- creating social solidarity
Must feel like part of a community - teaching specialist skills
Workforce
2
Q
Emile Durkheim
What are the key criticisms?
A
- outdated
- methodology by Durkheim
- excluded women from his theory
3
Q
Talcott Parsons
What are the key concepts?
A
- school acts like a bridge between home and society
- meritocracy
- universalistic/ particularistic
- equality of oppertunity
4
Q
Talcott Parsons
What are the key criticisms?
A
- indispensability
- functional unity
- universal functionalism
- he ignored family diversity
5
Q
Davis + Moore
What are the key concepts?
A
- role allocation, selecting jobs based on achievement
- sifts and sorts students
- social inequality is necessary
6
Q
Davis + Moore
What are the key criticisms?
A
- targets meritocracy, calls it a myth
- broad