Some functionalists actually regard themselves as proponents of structural functionalism.

Again humanistic sociology had a role in the decline of structural functionalism.

The term may also be used to literally describe a social theory that is 'post' traditional structural functionalism.

In the 1960s he was very much influenced by the British school of social anthropology, notably structural functionalism.

This new theory attempted to bring together structural functionalism and Marxism.

Conflict theory has many of the same problems of structural functionalism.

Conflict theory is also linked to structural functionalism by its ideas about systems, positions, and roles.

It also marked a major contribution to the concept of structural functionalism.

Eventually, in the 20th century, field work and structural functionalism led to a rejection of the whole paradigm.

The concept of deviance is central in contemporary structural functionalism and systems theory.