Concept information
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business and management
organization studies
organization studies encyc
approaches to organization theory
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politics and international relations
political science
political theory
empirical political theory
social science subjects
politics and international relations
political science
epistemological foundations of political science
social science subjects
politics and international relations
governance
international organization (political science)
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management settings
business management
governance
international organization (political science)
Preferred term
functionalism
Definition
- Functionalism is an approach to the formation of international organizations that advocates international cooperation on scientific, humanitarian, social and economic issues. Functionalism argues that discrete public-sector responsibilities, or functions, such as exchanging meteorological data, coordinating international air-traffic control, the prevention of pandemic diseases, and promoting sustainable development, are the issues most likely to encourage mutual trust and habits of cooperation between governments rather than attempts to cooperate on more sensitive issues of sovereignty such as citizenship, monetary union, or national defense. [Source: Encyclopedia of Governance; Functionalism]
Broader concept
- approaches to organization theory
- concepts & philosophies
- criminological theory
- cultural/social anthropology
- empirical political theory
- epistemological foundations of political science
- international organization (political science)
- modern political theory
- political theory
- research/theoretical frameworks
- theories of governance
Narrower concepts
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/functionalism
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