Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Neoliberalism, Anomie
16 Sep 2018
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Humans are egoistic: society needs social control to regulate their wants and behaviours. Anomie: a condition of normlessness, results from rapid social change, e. g. , industrialization. Increases deviance (like natural disasters, people are stealing tv"s, war like the. Merton"s typology of adaptation to anomie (in the textbook) Conformity you accept cultural goals and the legitimate means. Significant other give definitions that are favourable or unfavourable to law-breaking. Too many definitions favourable to breaking the law results in deviance. Associations vary in priority, frequency, duration and intensity. Criminal behaviour is learned just like non-criminal behaviour. Criminal behaviour results from general needs and values, not special needs and values. Deviant friends are particularly important in illegal drug behaviours. Recently cultivated friendships are more important in deviant behaviours. Pure pressure is important when it comes to deviant acts. High education (and self-education movement) and international tourism. Public issues have an impact on large numbers of people and are matters of public debate.
