structural functionalism

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noun Sociology.

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Origin of structural functionalism

First recorded in 1955–60

Nor do these studies address the structural and systematic issues that contribute to obesity, such as poverty and stress.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail|Carrie Arnold|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Common sense is not a just a normative judgment about wisdom, but a structural feature of any functioning organization.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sadly, the end of the Cold War has given license to structural decay.
Stock Market America and the Rest of Us|Lloyd Green|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But beneath them there are underlying structural issues that will be even harder to fix.
VA Scandal: How a General Lost Command|Jacob Siegel|May 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

As hard as those structural reforms will be, changing the culture may be even harder.
VA Scandal: How a General Lost Command|Jacob Siegel|May 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some structural features not previously used were found to have taxonomic significance.
Genera and Subgenera of Chipmunks|John A. White
Massinger and Field accepted frankly the structural awkwardness of their plot as they had fashioned or found it.
The Fatal Dowry|Philip Massinger
The structural fault is less surprising when it is ascertained to be fundamentalinevitable in the theme.
The Fatal Dowry|Philip Massinger
Structural wrought iron has a tenacity of 20 to 22 tons per sq. in.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
Anatomically we find that we must place man with the apelike mammals, because of these numerous points of structural likeness.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter