essay is a short (3-5 page) response paper focusing on one of the theorists covered in the second half of the course.
1. Take either Merton or Parson’s text and describe the functionalist approach in sociology (i.e. how Parsons and/ or other scholars theorized society)
2. Why did fucntionslism decline? Explicate criticisms of functionslism by using either the Fine or Owens reading.