SOCI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Poverty Threshold, Ritualism In The Church Of England, Medicalization
22 Apr 2018
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Definitions: deviance: nonconformity to a given set of socially-accepted norms, sanction: (re-) action meant to ensure compliance with social norms, positive sanction: reward given for conforming to norms, negative sanction: punishment for violating norms. Crime is an innovative force, and it helps teach members of society moral norms (i. e. , what is acceptable behavior) Musical. ly tests the limits: example: durkheim might blame the lack of clear standards for the emergence of cyber-bullying, etc. Ends & means: machiavelli"s the prince (approx. 1500: the ends justify the means. , ends = goals, means = methods used to achieve ends, for merton, the main end goal in the u. s. is material success. Merton"s 5 reactions to strain: (p. 145: conformity, those who conform choose not to deviate. These members of society focus on conformity rather than attaining a distant dream: retreatism, retreat and reject society"s goals and means.
