SOCY 275 Lecture Notes - Protestant Work Ethic, Anomie, Ritualism In The Church Of England

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 275
• Professor: Stacey Alerie

Document Summary

Focused on social conditions and social structure, associated with crime: higher crime rates were more common in lower classes. Breakdown of regulation, society could not regulate limitless desires, born with. Too many limitless desires that could not be attained. American society has common goal of acquiring wealth, could be attained by everyone in society. Society is structured to promote cultural goal above else: not all will achieve, everyone must try, society limits ability to allow everyone to meet this goal, if we don"t achieve goal then we don"t care. Tells us how we should do it, institutionalized acceptable means of attaining goal: promote following rules, should have value on doing that, no real praise for accomplishments, just focus on goal. Work hard, follow path to get to goal. Strain is concentrated in lower class: constrained by the same structures that promote the goals, no chance to take the path to the goal.