Many sociological thinkers cannot be relegated to a single theoretical paradigm, but instead utilize more than one. Robert Merton, Émile Durkheim, and Max Weber are all examples of this. Describe how each of these thinkers utilizes more than one
sociological paradigm.
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
1. Robert Merton is a functionalist who also uses dysfunction, an idea connected to the
conflict perspective.
2. Émile Durkheim is a functionalist who uses some aspects of symbolic interactionism when
discussing meaning making.
3. Max Weber’s concepts cross over into all three perspectives. His concept of bureaucracy
fits with functionalism, but his concepts of class, status, and party are from the conflict
perspective. And his work on values and the Protestant ethic is similar to symbolic
interactionism.
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