HARRY M. JOHNSON, The Structural-Functional Theory of Family and Kinship, Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 2, No. 2 (AUTUMN 1971), pp. 133-144 ...

Structural functionalist theory could be used to explain how the different roles of miners, developers and users help ensure the network's smooth functioning.

Based on the writings of 21 sociologists, arguments concerning the feasibility of a synthesis between structural-functionalism and conflict theory are reviewed and categorized. Theorists are ...

(b) Theories of social stratification- Structural functionalist theory, Marxist theory, Weberian theory. (c) Dimensions – Social stratification of class, status groups, gender, ethnicity and race.