CRM 1300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Anomie, Berlin Wall, Insider Trading
12 Apr 2020
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The proposition that people feel strain when they are exposed to cultural goals they are unable to reach because they do not have access to culturally approved means of achieving those goals. Argued that social solidarity social groups working together towards agreed-upon goals was an essential characteristic of human societies. Although some crime is normal, dysfunctional aspects of deviance. Anomie there must be a balance between the func-tional and. A concept developed by mile durkheim to describe an absence of clear societal norms and values. Robert merton used the term more narrowly to refer to a situation in which people would adopt deviant means to achieve goals beyond their means. Heterogeneity and the increased division of labour weakened traditional societal norms, loosened social controls, and encouraged individualism. The patterned and relatively stable arrangement of roles and statuses found within societies and social institutions.
