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Lädt ... Dynamic Functionalism: Strategy and Tacticsvon Michael A. Faia
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Over the last several decades, functional theory in the social sciences has fallen into disfavour. Alleged to be a static form of theory incapable of explaining social change, methodologically impotent and ideologically tainted, functionalism stands accused of being socially and politically reactionary. In this book, Michael Faia challenges the view that functionalism should be rejected. He claims that because functional theories are causal, multivariate, time-ordered, and characterized by reciprocal causation, they are in fact inherently dynamic, demand the highest methodological rigour, and also force sociology to transcend its infamous 'paradigm disputes' by recognizing that the social sciences have already achieved an 'integrated methodological paradigm'. The central arguments of the book are illustrated by a wide variety of examples drawn from several academic disciplines. These range from the incest taboo to witchcraft, from tenure in the US Congress to duration of marriage. The reader thus gains a strong appreciation of the wide applicability of the functionalist mode of explanation. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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I see functionalism as part of studying social systems by means of general systems theory (GST). I think the way to do it is to first do qualitative study, defining the system with GST by defining the system boundary and then constructing the hierarchy of subsystems. After that we do the quantitative study. My main disagreement with the author is that he pays little attention to the qualitative and skips over to doing equations. He says, approximately, that with loglinear analysis we do not need the qualitative. ( )