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- Title
TOWARD A FACET THEORY OF A SEQUENTIAL ORDER OF SOCIETAL NEEDS.
- Authors
Ben-Sira, Zeev
- Abstract
In this article, an attempt will be made to develop a theoretical framework concerned with the order of societal needs and to consider the extent to which empirical evidence lends support to the proposed framework. One useful way of approaching the problem of societal needs is to look at the question as an outside observer. According to the structural-functional approach, process in any social system is subject to four independent functional imperatives or problems which must be met adequately if equilibrium and/or continuing existence of the system is to be maintained. These functional imperatives also defined as functional prerequisites, usually considered as needs that have to be satisfied for the maintenance of a unit, include goal attainment, adaptation, integration, and pattern-maintenance. On the other hand, the threat of frustration of the needs of economic sustenence and social solidarity are less direct threats to societal survival. Even for the identified individual, such frustrations are much more removed than a security threat.
- Subjects
SOCIOECONOMICS; ECONOMIC equilibrium; GOAL Attainment Scaling; SOCIAL systems; SOCIAL cohesion; THREATS
- Publication
Quality & Quantity, 1979, Vol 13, Issue 3, p233
- ISSN
0033-5177
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF00170039