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Functionalism Emile Durkheims The Rules of the Sociological Method Deviance as Normal Boundary Setting Function Group Solidarity Function Innovative Function Tension Reduction Function Latent Function

Functionalism Wayward Puritans and Functionalism Assessment of Functionalism Overly Mechanistic View of Society Circularity of Functional Analysis Conservative Bias Social Disorganization The Chicago School emphasized social causation

Deviance is a natural byproduct of rapid social change Disorganization is a step toward reorganization Normative Consensus is replaced by Disensus Social Disorganization The Dynamics of Disorganization: W.I. Thomas

The Polish Peasant in Europe and America Thomas and Florian Znaniecki The Ecology of Disorganization: Robert Park and Ernest Burgess (Social Ecology) Invasion-Succession Model (invasion, conflict, accommodation, assimilation) Social Disorganization Parks Natural Areas Concentric Zone model

Clifford Shaw and Henry Mckays Delinquency Areas Social Disorganization and Mental Illness H. Warren Dunham and Robert Faris Downward Drift Hypothesis