, Durkheim’s Structural-Functionalist
Perspective
Two key components to the structural functionalist perspective
➢ Structure Society works like a well oilled machine
➢ Function Every piece helps the whole and has a function
all things has a
job to do
➢ Anomie: the breakdown of social order as
a result of the loss of standards and
values; normlessness.
cause
humans need norms and when there is normlesness it may
suicide during rapid chyange
deviancy He specifically talks about
➢ Rapid social change causes crime. or bad
good
, Durkheim’s S-F Perspective (cont’d)
Social movements helps society advance
➢ A certain amount of deviance and crime is
“normal” and functional to society.
➢ Deviance and crime define the boundaries of
acceptable behaviour. having outsiders deviance helps with
solidarity
➢ Punishment of deviants punishments reinforce the norma
● confirms the “moral boundaries” of society
● reaffirms conventional norms and values.
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