Our eyes, gestures, and tone bring us together in a more profound way than words alone. It’s why we look hopefully toward the return of in-person, face-to-face connection. Emile Durkheim Source: ...

A recent review essay of three books on effective schooling stated that the literature on school effectiveness largely adopts a functionalist view of society and schooling and the field of inquiry is ...

Family Relations, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Jan., 1988), pp. 36-41 (6 pages) Theories of gender on which public policy and therapeutic interventions are based have not kept up with the family transition from ...

If I wanted to be controversial, as a sociologist, I might say that serial murder is “functional” for society. However, a less inflammatory way to say the same thing is that serial murder can be ...