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... > social science subjects > business and management > organization studies > organization studies encyc > approaches to organization theory > structural functionalism
social science subjects > sociology > social theory > schools and theoretical approaches > structural functionalism
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > law and society > law and society research > structural functionalism
... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > law and courts > law and society > law and society research > structural functionalism
social science subjects > sociology > social theory > American social theory > structural functionalism
social science subjects > sociology > social theory > macrosociological theories > structural functionalism

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structural functionalism  

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  • Structural functionalism derives from functionalist theories that view society as an integrated whole based on the functioning properties of social institutions and members. Émile Durkheim's theory of society's stability derives from correlations to medical models of organisms' interdependent organs functioning to support the organism's existence, and the process in which external social norms that are given become internalized by social members. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Deviance; Structural Functionalism]

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