SOC 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Anomie, Potato Salad, Tove Lo

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

Document Summary

Disparity leads to frustraion and deviance o o. Structural strain theories (e. g. merton"s) place origins of moivaion in social structure. Much research has used micro level variables (individuals) instead of macro level variables o. Using macro may generate more support for theory. Percepion that results when poor live near rich When condiions are equal (everyone is poor), no strain occurs. When very poor live near very rich, animosity and feelings of deprivaion result. Evidence: david sang-yoon lee found crime rates higher in ciies with wide income gaps o. The larger the gap between the 10th and 90th perceniles, the greater the crime level. Accepts the goal of being rich, providing for his family, but not the way that society tells him to. Rejects cultural goals of going to school, making a lot of money. Give up culture"s goals, and create new ones. Merton doesn"t specify process by which individuals become deviant o.