Question

Which sociologist has noted that the functionalist perspective emphasis on stability and the conflict perspective focus on change reflect the contradictory nature of society?

Answer 1

Answer is: Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf .
Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf (1929 – 2009) was a German-British sociologist and philosopher.
He was expert in class conflict theories and he studied class distribution in modern society. He tried to bring together structural functionalism and Marxism.