Neo-functionalism:

Neo-functionalism is a social theory that is ‘Post’

traditional structural functionalism. It is discovery
and restoration of Parson’s and Marton’s
functionalism. It is multidimensional, combines
micro and macro actions.

It views society as a pattern determined by plural

forces. It pleads for a partial equilibrium of the
social system. The foundations for the improvement
of functionalism were established with Alexander’s
four-volume book “Theoretical logic in sociology”.
• Neo-Marxism:
Neo-Marxism is also known as the critical theory where class divisions
under capitalism are viewing as more significant than gender or sex
divisions or issues of race and ethnicity. Neo-Marxism encompasses a
group of beliefs that have in common rejection of economic or class
determinism and a view in at least the semi-autonomy of the social
sphere.

The Neo-Marxists after seeing the breakdown of working-class

revolutions in Western Europe after World War I choose the elements
of Marx’s thought that might explain social situations that were not
present when Marx was alive. They chose in what they perceived to be
lacking in Marxism with ideas from other schools of thought.