How do the structural-functionalist & the social-conflict paradigms each analyze culture?
I personally think that the structural-functionalist is applied a broad perspective in sociology and anthropology to analyze the culture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_... In contrary, the sociologist is based on Sociologists analyze social phenomena at different levels and from different perspectives. It is the concrete interpretations to sweeping generalizations of society and social behavior. http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/Clif... Perhaps you would like to know more about the social evolutionism, you can read the following article. http://www.reference.com/browse/talcott+...
What is the structural approach to conflict resolution?
CICR, as part of an international network of scholars and researchers, has established an International Research Project on Regional Autonomy of Ethnic Minorities to explore systems of political autonomy for ethnic minorities. The project supports sustained dialogue on three themes: assessment of the current state of autonomy systems; identification of issues of interest and concern; and shared lessons through comparative analysis. http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/cicr/resear...
What is the different Between structural-functional approach, the social-conflict approach, feminism and the?
The structural-functional approach looks at society as a model. This approach sees that there are many different jobs that every has, and if everyone accomplishes these, then society works. The jobs are the roles that people perform. It also sees that if society does not function together properly, it will fail. The social-conflict theorists look at the problems society has and assesses the inequalities in society. This is the category that the gender conflict and race-conflict approach come in, as well as feminism. As the names suggest, the two are based on inequalities in gender and race.
Compare and contrast the confict theory and the structural functional theory?
Conflict Theory and Structural Functional Theory are both theories of social change. They conceive society as an organism characterized by a fair degree of stability. Their parts are postulated to "hang together" in a system of functional interdependence, much like a human body or a relatively smooth-running engine.While different theorists have different positions regarding change, all of them claim that both are theories of social change and capable of altering the fundamental structure of society. To contrast the two theories, Conflict Theory is attributed to Karl Marx, a German sociologist. Conflict is not random but rather is a systematic product of the structure of society itself. According to Marx there is no social change without conflict because the history of all societies from past to present is a history of class struggles. The social and economic pyramids represent the inequity in a society which results to conflicts between the owners of capital and labor. On the other hand, Structural Functional Theory falls under the evolutionary and equilibrium theories. It asserts that social change is inherent in all societies. It is organismic and conceive of society as a set of mutually interdependent structures that operate in a functional or dysfunctional fashion for one another.
Social Problems Class: Which approach dominates the study of social problems?
Yes you are right to point up this contradiction between the textbook's Kuhnian approach and the rather determinist approach embedded in this question. Although I wouldn't agree that they operate at different times so much, as by, different social institutions guided by different political agendas. I guess you could just spin a coin - or go for C - but this advice really goes against my own sociological biases - if the words 'should dominate' was part of that question I'd happily advise A. Perhaps you could you think back to the biases you detected in your course in general to get a clue? For example if a) 'dysfunctional families' 'strain theory' 'deviant sub cultures' have been used then go for eith C or D. If, b)on the other hand, 'social marginalisation, social inequality, racism, class or gender inequality' mean the best bet is A. c) or, 'socialisation, looking-glass self, signficant others, moral panic, labelling, self fulfilling prophecies,primary and secondary deviance, 'learning to be a drug user'', then its B.