Functionalism and Social Systems Theory

The New Blackwell Companion to Social Theory

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 106-123

  Sciortino, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

After the collapse vicissitudes of legacy; Analysis of social systems; Foundations of functional analysis; Functionalism and social systems theory; Functionalism as normal social science; Radicalizing functionalism Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems; Sociology's strong program social systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955181523     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444304992.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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