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Émile Durkheim on Suicide & Society: Crash Course Sociology
Now that we’ve talked a little bit about how sociology works, it’s time to start exploring some of the ideas of the discipline’s founders. First up: Émile Durkheim. We’ll explain the concept of social facts and how Durkheim framed...
Crash Course
Major Sociological Paradigms: Crash Course Sociology
This week we introduce sociology’s three major theoretical paradigms, and some of the advantages and disadvantages of each paradigm.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Structural Functionalism: Manifest and Latent Functions: Lesson 4
This lesson will summarize the contributions of Robert Merton's development of manifest and latent functions. The definitions of social functions, manifest functions, latent functions, and social dysfunction will be delineated. It is 4...