Home›Sources›Wikipedia: Structural FunctionalismSourcesWikipedia: Structural FunctionalismEncyclopedia ArticleCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextSociety and Culture Atlas. "Wikipedia: Structural Functionalism." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-society.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-structural-functionalism.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextSociety and Culture Atlas. (n.d.). Wikipedia: Structural Functionalism. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-society.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-structural-functionalismCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{societyandcultureatlas-wikipedia-structural-functionalism, author = {Society and Culture Atlas}, title = {Wikipedia: Structural Functionalism}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-society.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-structural-functionalism}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationDevelopingThe English-language Wikipedia article on structural functionalism, covering its Comtean and Durkheimian roots and its Malinowski/Radcliffe-Brown anthropological branch.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (23 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedWikipediaURLWell-attestedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_functionalismSource TypeWell-attestedEncyclopediaAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested3SourcesWikipedia: Structural Functionalismtier 3WikipediaView the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (23 claims)This source backs 23 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 1 connected. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSocial Theory and Concepts, 10 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 2 holds, 4 general references.Open Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Well-attested14Open QuestionsDoes structural-functionalist theory leave genuine room for individual agency, or does its picture of society as a self-regulating system reduce people to actors simply executing the roles their position assigns them?Social Theory and ConceptsStructural FunctionalismSourcesWikipedia: Structural FunctionalismScholarly debate1Social Theory and ConceptsStructural FunctionalismHolds2Social Theory and ConceptsStructural FunctionalismConnected1Open QuestionsDoes structural-functionalist theory leave genuine room for individual agency, or does its picture of society as a self-regulating system reduce people to actors simply executing the roles their position assigns them?General References5Open QuestionsDoes structural-functionalist theory leave genuine room for individual agency, or does its picture of society as a self-regulating system reduce people to actors simply executing the roles their position assigns them?Social Theory and ConceptsStructural FunctionalismComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year