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Discuss how the three major sociological perspectives of functionalism, conflict theory, and interactionism view the role of social institutions in society.

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Sociological Perspectives & Social Institutions

Sociological perspectives are theories, philosophies and viewpoints from which social scientists 'view' and study society - its intricate elements and underlying mechanism for the purpose of understanding how it works in order to explain social phenomena. There are 3 'main' perspectives that are usually turned to by experts for this purpose although it doesn't mean that they are the only 3 in existence - there are a number of perspectives in the social sciences and the sociological perspective chosen to be used depends on the phenomenon studied and the 'school of ...

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