Use sociological terminology to describe the principal sociological perspective

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P1 Use sociological terminology to describe the principal sociological perspective.

Functionalism

Sociology examines the context in which people live in and how theses context affects them. Functionalist examines society through a functional framework and says everything no matter how seemingly strange out of place or harmful serves a purpose.

The functionalist perspective evolved from the work of Emile Durkheim through it was shaped by Talcott Parson. According to Bohm functionalism can be summed up with one simple premise the world is a system of interrelated parts and each part makes a necessary contribution to the vitality of the system. Functionalism holds that everyone and everything in society no matter how strange it may seem serves a purpose.

Functionalism could be described as the most generalised and ineffective of the sociological schools it is not logically in sync between cultures and it cannot effectively explain change but has its strong points. Functionalism essentially serves as the most conservative of the sociological thoughts.

Marxism

Marxist theory is the critique of capitalism, in capitalist society economical minority the bourgeoisie dominate and exploit the proletariats the working class majority. A person is exploited if he or she