Socialization is a key mechanism of social reproduction. Yet, like the functionalists who introduced concept, socialization has fallen out favor, critiqued for ignoring power and agency, its teleology incoherence, misguided link to “culture poverty” arguments. In this review, we argue renewed, postfunctionalist use socialization. We review concept's history, high point under Parsons, reasons de...

the purpose of this article is to study the factors contributing to the political alienation of the students at shiraz university. to explain the concept of alienation, geyer’s theoretical framework in the social psychology was used. the statistical universe of the research consisted of 6822 persons, of which 400 were taken randomly, using couckran formula. the results show that the variables s...

Racial/ethnic (R/E) socialization is widely practiced in R/E minority families. However, only recently have models been developed to understand how parents' R/E socialization messages influence adolescent development. The primary goal of the present study was to clarify and extend existing work on R/E socialization in African American (Black) families by distinguishing between parent and youth ...