The Scope of Social Epidemiology
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Running head: SOCIOLOGY SociologyName of the Student:Name of the University:Author note:
1SOCIOLOGYQuestion 1: Merton has always viewed society as an organism with various parts with each partaccomplishing a specific function, thereby integrating and sustaining the society. Merton hasexpanded this view in three ways. First of all, Merton distinguishes between the obvious and notso much obvious functions of the society. The manifest functions are the obvious, conscious anddeliberate functions that which an individual performs keeping the consequence in mind, such asgoing to college to get a job, while the latent functions are the unintended, unconscious functionswhere the individual is not aware of the consequence of the action, such as boosting the economyby getting a job. The third concept is of dysfunction where the functions of a social componentwill have a negative impact on the society in an intended or unintended way. For example,celebration of festivals may have a negative impact on the society in the form of disruptions oftransportation and excessive production. Question 2: Macionis and Plummer claim that globalization is highly beneficial to human society andshould be encouraged because through the “increasing connectedness of societies” globalizationhelps in bringing progress for making, both economically as well as socio-culturally. Since theforces of creativity and entrepreneurship are no longer confined to political boundaries, everyoneis able to enjoy access to an enriched life. This also created tolerance and harmony. However,they also stated why globalization is critiqued as well, and points out that peasants and smallshopkeepers will fail to survive in a competitive, global market. The unprecedented mobility ofcapital, goods, and services in a globalized market can impede the growth of local markets. Question 3:
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