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Sociology of Kinship

Notes Self Assessment
Fill in the blanks:
1. Units are ___________ but they can be disfunctional and destructive.
2. Each unit perform many of the ________________ function on each place.
3. Function are related to the units forming social _____________ .

5.3 Summary

• Functionalism is a simple view point to see such an automatic arrangement of interrelated
part of the society which has structured in its decisive part of social relation along with a
multiple continuity.
• Merton and Parsons played special role among virtue payers to this approach of sociology.
• The use of concept of function is done in two main ways—
(i) In the meaning of physical result (ii) In the meaning of special music interrelated be-
tween variables.
• According to Merton, the units of social structure can be divided in three main parts.

5.4 Keywords
1. Functional: Ability of contributions from its decisive parts in maintaining any social-cul-
tural management is called fuctional.
2. Functionalism: A principle based on universal similarity in which it is believed that society
is such an organised arrangement in which balance is maintained in situation of hostile
families also.

5.5 Review Questions
1. How Herbert Spensor and Durkheem had illustrated the structural functional approach?
Explain.
2. Give critical evaluation of functionalist by Merton.

Answers : Self Assessment

1. Functional 2. important 3. structure

5.6 Further Readings

Society in India—Virendra Prakash Sharma, D.K. Publishers Distributors.
Family Tour in India—Tremvore Malik, Kalpaz Publication.

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