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This article places emphasis on functionalism in the social sciences, looking at the development of its main strands: functionalism and structural functionalism. It briefly discusses the criticism, demise,reemergence, and reformulation of functionalism in complexity and system theories, neofunctionalism, and theoretical and methodological developments in a wide range of thematic areas relevant to geography. The article closes with a brief note on the concept of function.
Author(s): Castro JE
Editor(s): Kobayashi, A
Publication type: Book Chapter
Publication status: Published
Book Title: International Encyclopedia of Human Geography
Year: 2020
Volume: 5
Pages: 239-245
Print publication date: 01/01/2020
Online publication date: 04/12/2019
Acceptance date: 30/04/2019
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: Elsevier
Place Published: London
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102295-5.10646-8
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-102295-5.10646-8
Library holdings: Search Newcastle University Library for this item
ISBN: 9780081022955
