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Received From: Digital Library of India. 'Social Theory and Social Structure' was a landmark publication in sociology by Robert K. Merton. It has been translated into close to 20 languages and is one of the most frequently cited texts in social sciences. It was first published in 1949, although revised editions of 1957 and 1968 are often cited.
Aug 15, 2024 · Robert Merton took a standard functionalist view that there was a value consensus: that - through socialisation - we all share the same norms and values and life goals. With that in mind, he set out to try and explain why some people committed crimes, apparently seeming to deviate from the norms and values of society.
Jan 10, 2024 · Conclusion. Robert K. Merton’s strain theory is a fundamental concept in sociology, particularly within the field of criminology and the study of deviance. Developed in the mid-20th century, strain theory explains how societal structures can pressure individuals to commit deviant acts, especially when there is a disconnect between societal ...
Robert K. Merton (born July 4, 1910, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died February 23, 2003, New York, New York) was an American sociologist whose diverse interests included the sociology of science and the professions, sociological theory, and mass communication. After receiving a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1936, Merton joined the ...
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Book contents. Frontmatter; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Chapter One Introduction: Merton’s Self-Exemplifying Classical Sociological Contributions; Chapter Two Skeptical Faith, Left Politics, and the Making of Young Robert K. Merton; Chapter Three Theorist’s Progress: Young Robert K. Merton, 1941–1949
Robert King Merton (born Meyer Robert Schkolnick; July 4, 1910 – February 23, 2003) was an American sociologist who is considered a founding father of modern sociology, and a major contributor to the subfield of criminology. He served as the 47th president of the American Sociological Association. [ 1 ] He spent most of his career teaching at ...
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According to Merton theories of the middle range, ‘…lie between the minor but necessary working hypotheses that evolve in abundance during day-to-day research and the all-inclusive systematic efforts to develop a unified theory that will explain all the observed uniformities of social behavior, social organization, and social change’ (Merton, 1968, p. 39).
