Neofunctionalism (sociology)

Neofunctionalism is the perspective that all integration is the result of past integration. The term may also be used to literally describe a social theory that is "post" traditional structural functionalism. Whereas theorists such as Jeffrey C. Alexander openly appropriated the term,^[1] others, such as the post-structuralist philosopher Michel Foucault, have been categorized as contemporary functionalists by their critics.^[2]