Dynamic Functionalism

In this book, Michael Faia challenges the view that functionalism should be rejected.

List of contents

List of figures and tables; Preface; Part I. Allegations, Definitions, and Illustrations: 1. A kindly critique of Kingsley Davis; 2. The incest taboo: social selection as a form of feedback; 3. Exemplary exercises in survivorship; 4. The nature, determinants, and consequences of time-series processes; Part II. Adaptive Structures and Social Processes: 5. Patterns of Adaptation; 6. Processes, simulations, and investigations; Part III. L'envoi: 7. Toward an integrated social science paradigm; Appendix; Notes; References; Index.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Michael A. Faia
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.11.2014
• EAN: 9780521326575
• ISBN: 978-0-521-32657-5
• No. of pages: 204
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 489 g
• Series: American Sociological Associat
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories