Compare and contrast Durkheim's conception of anomie with Merton's conception of anomie
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: [key points to be made]
* Durkheim saw whole societies or countries as anomic – studied France, Europe
* Merton saw segments of society, mostly poor, minorities as vulnerable to anomie – U.S.
* Durkheim focused on changing social conditions: economic depression
* Merton blamed embedded social structure, long-held traditions of cultural disparity
*Durkheim focused on how anomie came about, the nature of anomie in society
*Durkheim divided societies into two types: mechanical and organic
*Merton focused on the way different people adapted to anomic states
*Merton believed key to anomie was ability of social system to exercise control in the form of social norms
*Merton divided social norms into two types: goals and means
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