SOC 2700 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Anomie, Individualism, Parent Management Training

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2700
• Professor: Stephanie Howells

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Chapter #8, anomie and strain theories, page 172-197. Introduction: anomie says that social order, stability, and integration are conductive to conformity, whereas disorder and malintegration are conductive to crime and deviance. A social system (a society, community, or subsystem within a society) is organized, with a consensus on norms and values, a strong cohesion between its members and social interacts happens in an orderly way. Anomie looks at culture and structure that produce variations in crime rates across societies. Merton"s theo(cid:396)y of social st(cid:396)uctu(cid:396)e a(cid:374)d a(cid:374)o(cid:373)ie strain and anomie theories produce explanations of crime in lower class urban areas and for minority groups. Anomie is the state of normlessness or lack of social regulation i(cid:374) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455). Me(cid:396)to(cid:374) applied du(cid:396)khei(cid:373)(cid:859)s theory to modern industrial societies and the us. An integrated society maintains a balance between social structure (approved social means) and culture (approved goals. )