States that societies develop social structures or institutions that persist because they play a part in society survive. these institutions include the family, education, government, religion, and the economy.

Functional Perspectives or Structural Functionalism

Explanation:

Structural Functionalism focuses on the social institutions, structures as they are vital for the survival of the society.

This perspective assumes that society is an ordered and an organized system that is stable and consists of different parts that are interlinked together to perform various functions of the societal system.

Any high degree of aftermath on any one structure of the society or institution will affect the others also.

Some of the institutions of society includes economy, education, family, government, etc.

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