Functionalist Perspective
A theoretical perspective that focuses on social order
Emile Durkheim
functionalist perspective & father of socieology
Robert Merton
Functionalist perspective & American Dream/Strain Theory
Functionalist Perspective
Also known as structural functionalist perspective or consensus view
conflict perspective
A theoretical approach that assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of tension between groups over power
Karl Marx
Conflict perspective
W.E.D. DuBois
Conflict Perspective & added race
Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
A theoretical approach that generalizes about everyday forms of social interaction in order to explain society as a whole
Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
Also known as Interactionist Perspective
Erving Goffman
Symbolic Interactionist Perspective & Dramaturgical Approach (presentation of self)
Howard Becker
Symbolic Interactionist Perspective & Labeling theory
Edward Sutherland
Symbolic Interactionist Perspective & Differential Association
feminist perspective
theoretical perspective that focuses on women
Jane Adams
Feminist Perspective & wrote Hull House
Susan Carengella-Mcdonald
Feminist Perspective & focus on sexual assualt
Meda Chesney-Lind
Feminist Perspective & focus on female juvenile offenders
Patricia Hill Collins
feminist perspective & intersectionality
Lumbroso
Father of criminology
Durkheim
Father of sociology
Susan Brownmiller
Wrote Against Our Will
Bell Hooks
Intersectionality
Fat Feminism
Sara Fishman & Judy Freespirit