Problem
According to the functionalist paradigm, what might be the manifest functions of the US-Mexico border wall - including Trump's plan to reinforce and expand it? Their latent functions? Their manifest dysfunctions? Their latent dysfunctions?
For a conflict theorist, who might be the principal social actors (dominant groups, subordinate groups) involved in the border wall conflict? With respect to the border wall conflict, what institutional mechanisms enable the dominant groups to "win" and predispose the subordinate groups to "lose"? How do the subordinate groups challenge and resist the dominant groups?