sociological Paradigms

According to the book, Sociology Sixth Edition by John J. Macionis, a theoretical
paradigm is a basic image of society that guides sociological thinking and research.
There are three major sociological paradigms described in the book. The first paradigm
that the book covers is the strucural-functional paradigm. This paradigm, as it states in
the book, is a framework for building theory that envisions society as a complex system
whose parts work ...