1. Aliakbar 2. Gunmen kill 25 in Pakistani city 3. Undisclosed by BBC South Asia 4. BBC 5. 19 October 2010 6. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11577128
There appears to be a large disjunction between the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) supporters and Awami National Party (ANP) members in the capital city Karachi, Pakistan. The occurrence of a shooting of this magnitude can show an analysis of a group of people similar to the analysis devised by Talcott Parsons using cultural, social, personality and behavioral system. The fact that someone would open fire on a city marketplace tells me that they value their goals as an organization more than human life. This behavior is dangerous and inhibits structural functionalism because it prevents functional activity in society. The article mentions that this is a common occurrence in politically torn Pakistan. The motivation for the political group must be great enough for these Pakistani political groups to involve themselves in this behavior, thus emulating Parsons' Action Theory in a grim manner. Parsons claimed that the social system's ability to integrate was the most important function to be served, it is clear that in Pakistan's current situation integration is lacking and there is a long road of development ahead of them. After flooding, earthquakes and now war, Pakistan is in need of genuine aid.
At the top of each post you must list the following information: 1. Your Codeword 2. Title of the news article you choose (see suggestions below) 3. Author of the news article 4. Source of the news article 5. Date of the news article 6. Link (url) to the news article
Those six lines should be followed by your reflection from the perspective of the social theorist you choose from the list of options for each due date. A reflection is not a summary. Instead, what you are expected to do is to thoroughly read the news article of your choice and reflect on it from the perspective of one of the assigned Social Theorists. Note that your reflection may include a bit of summary, but it must not consist entirely of summarizing the article. Good reflections will analyze the issue discussed in the article from the perspective of one of the assigned Social Theorists; outstanding posts will even take the voice (write in the tone and style of) the Social Theorist. Reflections should be a minimum of one paragraph. They must be posted no later than 4pm on the due date below and the article you choose must have been published within two weeks of the due date. There are 3 points possible of Extra Credit for each post.
1. Aliakbar
ReplyDelete2. Gunmen kill 25 in Pakistani city
3. Undisclosed by BBC South Asia
4. BBC
5. 19 October 2010
6. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11577128
There appears to be a large disjunction between the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) supporters and Awami National Party (ANP) members in the capital city Karachi, Pakistan. The occurrence of a shooting of this magnitude can show an analysis of a group of people similar to the analysis devised by Talcott Parsons using cultural, social, personality and behavioral system. The fact that someone would open fire on a city marketplace tells me that they value their goals as an organization more than human life. This behavior is dangerous and inhibits structural functionalism because it prevents functional activity in society. The article mentions that this is a common occurrence in politically torn Pakistan. The motivation for the political group must be great enough for these Pakistani political groups to involve themselves in this behavior, thus emulating Parsons' Action Theory in a grim manner. Parsons claimed that the social system's ability to integrate was the most important function to be served, it is clear that in Pakistan's current situation integration is lacking and there is a long road of development ahead of them. After flooding, earthquakes and now war, Pakistan is in need of genuine aid.