MANIFEST/LATENT FUNCTION

A distinction made within the structural-functional school of sociology referring to at least three kinds of dimensions of social behavior. A distinction (a) between proclaimed (manifest) and real purposes (latent) of particular acts (b) between purposes of which the members of a society are aware (manifest) and of which these members are not aware (latent) of (c) between the effects or actions which are intended (manifest) and unintended (latent) (see externalities). (Krippendorff)

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