SOC 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Anomie, Social Forces, Ritualism In The Church Of England
29 Dec 2015
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Problem of normlessness c. anomie due to social change d. modernity creates desires and goals e. crime is functional to society. Robert k. merton - strain & anomie theory: a. Crime due to inability to achieve goals b. merton"s focus: the dysfunction between goals and means c. merton differs from durkheim: aspirations and strains are in the social structure d. merton sees two components to anomie: i. Merton"s five modes of adaptation: (symbols are both components of anomie) a. conformity ++ (positively reflects both cultural goals and institutional means) i. Accepts both cultural goals in society and the institutional means of achieving such b. Accepts cultural goals in society but not the institutional (accepted as legal) means to arrive to their goal i. American dream) but accept that they would use institutional means of achieving such if they did in fact accept the goals i.
