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  1. 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.

  2. Not to be confused. with the strain‐theoretical component in M erton ’ s paradigm of anomie‐a nd‐opportunity‐. structures, this theory is a social‐psychological theory of criminal ...

  3. am reluctant to believe that the book lacks altogether the graces of coherence, unity and emphasis. To make the coherence more easily visible, the book is divided into four major parts, the first setting out a theoretical orientation in terms of which three arrays of sociological problems are thereafter examined.

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  4. 1. R.K. Merton’s middle-range theories came as a rejection of Parsonian sociology’s giant theory. His theory says that academic speculation and intellectual violence should not be used to build sociology theories. Sociological ideas can’t be random, unrealistic, based on jargon, or just plain logical.

  5. 29.1 INTRODUCTION. In the previous Units 27 and 28 of this Block you learnt about the contributions of Talcott Parsons to the field of sociology. This unit intends to make you familiar with the contribution Robert Merton made to the subject. Merton is another eminent American Sociologist and a student of Parsons.

  6. faculty.rsu.edu › Merton › PresentationRobert K. Merton

    A Structural-Functional Approach As told by Dr. Frank Elwell. This presentation is based on the theories of Robert King Merton as presented in his works. A more complete summary of Merton’s theories (as well as the theories of other macro-theorists) can be found in Macrosociology: The Study of Sociocultural Systems, by Frank W. Elwell.

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  8. ROBERT K. MERTON Harvard University T HERE persists a notable tendency in sociological theory to attribute the malfunctioning of social structure primarily to those of man's imperious biological drives which are not adequately restrained by social control. In this view, the social order is solely a device for "impulse

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