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FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS IN SOCIOLOGY.
- Source :
- American Sociological Review; Feb63, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p5-13, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 1963
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Abstract
- To judge something as functional or dysfunctional is to evaluate rather than explain. This evaluation, however, amounts to objective measurement of the dynamic properties of the system concerned. Stability, adaptive change and integration can be considered the three major dimensions of such measurement. But be/ore we can measure how functional they are for man, we have to ask whether the products of operating systems meet human needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00031224
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- American Sociological Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12883814
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2090451