Federalists were in favor of a strong central government, and  favored strong fiscal policies that included paying off the  national debt, setting tariffs to make domestic iâ¦ndustries  stronger, and establishing a national bank.
Emile Durkheim developed theories of social structure that included functionalism, the division of labor, and anomie. These theories were founded on the concept of social facts, or societal norms, values, and structures. Functionalism is a concept with three integral elements.
II. 1  The origins of the functionalist perspective can be traced to the work of Herbert Spencer and Emile Durkheim. 2  The problem of maintaining social order is a central problem for understanding society. 3  Understanding society from a functionalist perspective is to visualize society as a system of interrelated parts.