Transactionalism - Max Gluchman

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To what paradigm is Transactionalism a reaction?

to functionalism. 

In contrast to functionalism, the transactionalists endorsed the following ideas:

What do individuals a large degree of?

Individuals enjoy a large degree of agency and make rational calculations (cost benefit analyse) of strategic moves to achieve certain goals. 

What is social structure a product of?

the product of multiple, often conflicting acts and decisions of individuals

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Ongoing transactions between individual actors causes what?

the social structure is very dynamic and changing allt he time. 

to what question do transactionalist dont make a stand?

if whether material or cognitive/ideological factors are most influential in shaping people's live.

What theory do they support?

rational choice theory: focus on agency and acting individuals

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