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Emile Durkheim && ____________

Dysfunction

Critiques of Functionalism

maintains that society is a complex system of interdependent parts that work together to ensure a society's survival

Robert K Merton

Latent Function

Manifest function

unintended & unrecognized// present but not immediately obvious

unintended & unrecognized// present and clearly evident

Social pattern that has a negative impact on society

too focused on order and stability

ignores social change, social inequality and social conflict