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structural functionalism

(20th century)

A more systematic exposition of functionalism, particularly employed in comparative politics.

Societies and political systems may be compared, whatever their formal or institutional differences, in terms of the various functions which contribute to the operation of their overall structures.

Source:
Geoffrey Roberts and Alistair Edwards, A New Dictionary of Political Analysis (London, 1991)

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