This essay examines Durkheim's functionalism, to argue that it cannot be adequately understood through later movements of structural functionalism, especially Parsonian functionalism. Concretely, for ...

[This is the first of a two-part article that examines both structural and processural paradigms of social theory. This argues that the structural-based theories cannot do what they claim to do; in ...

It is often said that the functionalist approach has failed in explaining inter-Korean relations and the road to Korean unification. It has thus been regarded by many scholars and policymakers as an ...

IAS Main 2014 Exam is round the corner and the candidates should start their preparation for the IAS Main (written) Exam 2014 with all their pumps running in full speed. The candidates should ...