Topic

The Functional Analysis of Social Problems

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Discuss the functional analysis of social problems.

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The two authors are addressing the same problem of how people can easily misinterpret a situation or a phenomenon in society if only they take one side. They are challenging the author that sometimes, the way they see a problem is different from the reality of the matter. Society normally views poverty as a social problem that only hurt the poor but rarely sees it as a construct by the elite to serve their personal economic interest therefore poverty is a good element of society.

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