Analysis of Unemployment through Sociological Perspectives Report

This report offers a sociological analysis of unemployment, exploring three key perspectives: functionalist, conflict, and interactionist. The functionalist perspective examines unemployment through the lens of societal structures, considering questions about skill gaps, education relevance, and the potential for manifest and latent functions, as well as dysfunctions. The conflict perspective investigates how societal inequalities, such as those based on race or social class, contribute to unemployment. The interactionist perspective focuses on the symbolic interactions and micro-level behaviors that shape individuals' experiences with unemployment. The report also includes a comparison of these perspectives and references relevant sociological literature, providing a comprehensive understanding of the complex issue of unemployment from a sociological standpoint.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Functionalist look towards unemployment..................................................................................1
A. Questions they would ask?.....................................................................................................1
B. Assumptions they can make?.................................................................................................1
C. Manifest Functions.................................................................................................................1
D. Latent Functions.....................................................................................................................1
E. Dysfunctions...........................................................................................................................1
2. Unemployment from conflict perspective...................................................................................1
A. Questions they would ask?.....................................................................................................1
B. Conclusions from unemployment based on conflicts.............................................................1
3. Unemployment from interactionist perspective...........................................................................1
A. What they would be concerned with?....................................................................................1
B. Comparison of the perspectives..............................................................................................2

1. Functionalist look towards unemployment
A. Questions they would ask?
 Is the education done was not sufficient?
 Is there any lack of skills?
 How many more educated people are suffering?
B. Assumptions they can make?
 Wasn't the education done relevant for a better job?
 What if they stay unemployed for the rest of their lifetime?
 Are the skills insufficient for employment?
C. Manifest Functions
 It might be the organisation want more trained and appropriate staff.
 It may be that they have higher standards for employment.
D. Latent Functions
 It considers a standard of temporary failure for the newly unemployed ones.
 It acts as a support for the new unemployed persons.
E. Dysfunctions
 It has a negative impact on the functioning of work.
2. Unemployment from conflict perspective
A. Questions they would ask?
 Is the society is distinguished by epidemic inequality?
 Is the inequality or discrimination is based on race, social class etc.?
B. Conclusions from unemployment based on conflicts
◦ Yes, it does as this perspective adds discrimination as well. The functionalists might
consider the fact that the public is employing them on the basis of their race, caste,
religion etc.
3. Unemployment from interactionist perspective
A. What they would be concerned with?
 They would be concerned with the symbolic interactionism.
 Also they would refer the small interactions that has a higher impact (Rubington and
Weinberg, 2015).
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 They would be affected by the functionalist and conflict perspective as well.
B. Comparison of the perspectives
 As per functionalism, all the parts of society are considered as interconnected parts that
work together for a healthy and happier environment (Berger, 2011).
 In contradiction that, as per conflict perspective, society also compares between the
people on race, religion etc., which is categorised as discrimination (Deutsch, Coleman
and Marcus, 2011).
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Rubington, E. and Weinberg, M., 2015. Deviance: The interactionist perspective. Routledge.
Berger, P. L., 2011. Invitation to sociology: A humanistic perspective. Open Road Media.
Deutsch, M., Coleman, P. T. and Marcus, E. C. eds., 2011. The handbook of conflict resolution:
Theory and practice. John Wiley & Sons.
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