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Critically examine the functionalist tradition in Sociology.

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  • Stratification and Mobility

The functionalist tradition explains social institutions by the contribution they make to the maintenance of the whole. It treats society as a system of interdependent parts held together by shared values. It dominated sociology from the 1930s to the 1960s, then drew sustained criticism.

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  • Development of the tradition
  • Strengths
  • Critique
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