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    Assess the functionalist view of the medical profession. Functionalists have a consensus view on the medical profession; they support the occupation‚ as they believe all groups in society work together like a human body. Other groups such as feminists and Marxists believe that the medical profession does not take into account the social model. Both Marxist and feminists have a more conflict approach around the medical occupation. Functionalists believe that doctors and the likes of have an

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    or the same sex‚ and how one of the customary expectations of marriage is understood today. A major social trend in the current western families is the large occurrence of divorce and marital breakdowns. Divorce is the legal dissolution of a marriage. Thirty years ago in Australia‚ only one marriage in ten concluded in divorce; nowadays the figure is more than one in three (Australian Bureau of Statistics‚ 2012). A consequence of this change has been an extensive increase in the number of

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    theory approaches deviance as a necessary part of the social organization. They believed that deviance helps create social stability. Emile Durkheim was the one who made that point also believed with deviance people can define and support morality. Functionalists believe deviance helps people draw boundaries between good and bad. Symbolic-interaction theory explains

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    consisting of a Literature Review of the topic “Quality of Marital Life and Divorce” This paper is worth 10% of our total aggregate for Principles of Sociology A Term Paper consisting of a Literature Review of the topic “Quality of Marital Life and Divorce” This paper is worth 10% of our total aggregate for Principles of Sociology Manahil Aleem Manahil Aleem Quality of Marital Life and Divorce Quality of Marital Life and Divorce Contents Introduction 2 Elements of Quality of Marital

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    behavior that violates the standard of conduct or expectations of a group or society (Wickham 1991: 85). Though it may be sometimes positive‚ it is mostly considered in a negative view. The functionalist‚ interactionist and conflict perspectives seek to explain the concept of deviance. According to the functionalists‚ deviance is a common part of human existence with both negative and positive consequences for social stability and thus helps define the limits of proper behavior. Emile Durkheim (1895/1964)

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    reasons. There are many causes and many effects to divorce. There are proactive and reactive solutions to prevent divorce. People get divorced because they either get really annoyed at their wife or husband but some other reasons are that they were just in love that wasn’t going to last. In the U.S. in the year 2000 were 957‚200 divorces have been reported (excluding the non-counting states). Marriages in the U.S. in the year 2000 were 2‚355‚005. Divorces in New York in the year 2000 were 62‚794. Men

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    Evaluate the effect easy availability of divorce has on the increasing divorce rate Divorce is the legal ending of a marriage. Debatably‚ the most influential factor in the increasing divorce rates is the easy availability of it. Up until the 1920’s Divorce was largely unheard of and hard to obtain; only males were allowed to file for one‚ it was also incredibly expensive. However in 1923 thanks to changes in the law‚ the grounds were equalised for both genders and later widened to include

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    Theoretical Perspectives The Functionalist Theory is the idea that a society is made up of multiple interrelated parts that work together to maintain stability. If one part fails to do their job‚ the other parts must pick up the slack in order to keep the balance. To demonstrate this theory‚ I will be examining the show The 100. The post-apocalyptic show is set nearly 100 years after nuclear bombs destroyed life on Earth. People took refuge in a space station and continued with their lives until

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    ex-wife and myself about our divorce‚ you would get two different accounts of the experience. The same concept of different perspectives can be seen between structural functionalists and conflict theorists. Structural Functionalism focuses on harmony within society. If there is a lack of harmony then society itself is distressed and out of order. Conflict Theory‚ however‚ is concerned with that society is in constant conflict. Whereas‚ for the structural functionalist‚ when society is not in a state

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