Outline and assess the functionalists’ theory of social inequalities The Functionalist theory believes that Social stratification‚ including age inequality‚ is necessary for the functioning of a healthy society. Their perspective of social inequality is the belief that "inequality is not only inevitable but also necessary for the smooth functioning of society’. Functionalists believe that Age has become more important in modern society; age provides the function of social integration leading to
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Outline and assess the functionalist’s view of education Functionalists look at how society works in a scientific way to see how it works. They have similar ideas about education too. There are three main functions. The first is socialisation. Education is a source of secondary socialisation. It helps to teach young people values‚ norms equality and achievement. Schools are the main part of a child’s day and therefore influence them greatly. The second is learning skills. When in education‚ you
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will highlight the different types of family in our society observe the different sociological perspectives of the family by Functionalist‚ Marxist and Feminists. Functionalist writer Durkheim believe that society is like the human body‚as each part has a specific function which contributes to the running and social order of society. Thus it is a value consensus theory as individuals have little control as society is socialised in this way but collectively the same norms and values are willingly
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criteria may pose some effects by following certain laid guidelines when analyzing the relationship between the employer and the employee. Structural functionalist paradigm has a unique way to familiarize with the various discriminatory practices that may be present in the workplace. According to Owoseni (2013)‚ the first step the structural functionalist paradigm takes is looking at the rationale of the organizational structure that is found in the workplace. The rationale in most cases usually consists
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A functionalist view of stratification views stratification as necessary for a society to function efficiently which enables it to reach its full potential economically and socially. Functionalists view society as a set of interconnected parts which work together to form a whole. (Haralambos et al 1996) Institutions are part of the social system they are a prime contributor to the maintenance of a society. The functionalist view has been criticised‚ this essay seeks to explore some of these criticisms
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The Psychological study of decision making began after theories were introduced in order to understand an individual’s thought process when faced with decisions. The aim of these theories was to examine whether or not humans are rational decision makers by introducing probabilities and the evaluation of risk. This essay will evaluate The Expected Utility Theory‚ The Prospect Theory and other potential influences to decision making. As well as state both the strengths and weaknesses of them‚ in order
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Introduction The notion of war has always been the subject of moral debate throughout history. World War II is no different in this particular regard. In order for wars to be morally justified‚ the Just War Theory was developed. The Just War Theory has two specific criteria which must be followed in order for the act of war to be considered morally justified – the jus ad bellum (right to go to war) and jus in bello (rightful conduct within war) criterions. Jus ad bellum dictates that war must be justified
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go into Iraq based solely on a theory that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. According to the Just War Theory‚ war is permissible only to confront “a real and certain danger‚" to protect innocent life‚ to preserve conditions necessary for decent human existence and to secure basic human rights. • Competent authority: Just War Theory states that “War must be declared by those with responsibility for public order‚ not by private groups or individuals.” The War in Iraq was • Comparative justice
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consider to be the most controversial war in American history. Compared to St. Augustine’s Just War Theory‚ Americans have the right to question the purpose and intention of the Vietnam War. Jus ad bellum discusses the conditions under which a country is required to state before they are allowed the right to warfare. According to St. Augustine‚ a war must be declared by the political authority of a certain political system. The United States never declared war on the North Vietnamese or the Chinese
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Like the intentionalists‚ the functionalists did have some stronger arguments. Mommsen refers to the Holocaust as a “political process which eventually led to the conclusion that there was no way out but to kill the Jews in Auschwitz and elsewhere.” He further put forth his belief “this did not come into being before the second half of 1941.” Intentionalists cannot counter this claim easily‚ “No one has uncovered any SS plans for the relocation of Jews in the Soviet interior‚” intentionalist Richard
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