SOC 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Anomie, Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Social Forces

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2070
• Professor: Parnaby

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The promise of science: 19th & 20th century positivism. Robert merton- 1938: merton 1938) social structure and anomie, the social system, the (cid:498)american dream(cid:499) and the cultural complex, the culture will keep remind you to prove social worth. 1: the opportunity structure: the opportunity to achieve the wealth isn(cid:495)t distributed, when you don(cid:495)t give people what they need, they respond in a deviant way equally. Robert merton- 1938: cultural emphasis on success is disproportionate to means, the system is anomic. Not individuals: likely to have deviant behaviour when the system is anomic, 5 modes of adaptation (4 are deviant) Innovation- athletes who dope: cultural goal: beauty: not everyone can be beautiful. Edwin sutherland: chicago school (the 30s): hanging out with people who were deviant, how do people learn to deviate, deviance is learned like any other behaviour, differential association. 2: critiques of merton, dominant success goal, cultural goal: fame/recognition.