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The functionalist perspective is based largely on the works of Herbert Spencer, Emile Durkheim, Talcott Parsons, and Robert Merton. According to functionalism, society is a system of. interconnected parts that work together in harmony to maintain a state of balance and social. equilibrium for the whole. For example, each of the social institutions contributes important. functions for society: Family provides a context for reproducing, nurturing, and socializing. children; education offers a way to transmit a societyâs skills, knowledge, and culture to its youth;
whole society. Society is more than the sum of its parts; rather, each part of society is functional for the stability of the whole society. The different parts are primarily the institutions of society, each of which is organized to fill different needs and each of which has particular consequences for the form and shape of society. The parts all depend on each other. According to the functionalist perspective of sociology, each aspect of society is interdependent and contributes to society's stability and functioning as a whole. For example, the government provides education for the children of the family,