Who now debates functionalism? From System, Change and Conflict to "Culture, Choice, and Praxis"

Sociological Forum

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 333-345

  Demerath III, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Culture; Functionalism; Post modernism; Praxis; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039562222     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02408371     Document Type: Article

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