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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"Anomie"”.
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Individual and anomie
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Exploring anomie in a special life-stage: adolescent anomie and aggression
… and meaninglessness are often referred to as „anomie‟ by criminologists and sociologists. This study attempts to utilize Durkheim‟s theoretical model and framework of anomie to explain adolescents‟ aggression. Data from the “National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, 1998-1999, Self …
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The schlemiel and anomie : the fool in society
This thesis examines the character of the schlemiel in comparative Jewish and Gentile American literature and cinema. It is the central claim that whilst the schlemiel is a strong Jewish character type this figure also appears in the texts of other socio-cultural groupings to an ever increasingly …
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Social Structure and Anomie: Social Isolation as ''Retreatism''
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A theoretical study of alienation, apathy and anomie
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Economics and Social Science, 1964
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Milking anomie: experiencing food safety on Canadian dairy farms
… while partially testing institutional anomie theory. A legal discourse analysis of food safety law in Canada is performed to contextualize individual interviews with six active family-farmers in rural southern Ontario in order to determine how dairy farmers experience food safety …
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Libertinism, Political Activism and Religious Conservatism: Some Correlates of Anomie
… conservatism, political activism, personal anomie, systemic anomie, and probusiness. These are viewed from the perspective that the attitudes and opinions held by the students will influence their behavior. Specifically, this perspective views feelings of anomie or alienation (the two terms …
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Crime and normlessness : an attempt to isolate conditions of anomie
… of crime and deviant behaviour - the theory of anomie. It begins by discussing some fundamental problems in the study of crime and pmceeds to argue that the sociological interpretation is one of the most comprehensive and useflll approaches in modem criminology. · While the theory of anomie has …
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Reduction of Anomie through the Use of Say It Straight Training
… and decrease an individual's perceived level of anomie. Effectiveness of SIS training was evaluated with paired sample t-tests (2-tailed) on six objective questionnaires given before and after training. Participation in the study was voluntary. Of the 39 patients in residence, 26 participated in …
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Devotions born of distress: anomie as a precondition for charismatic following
Boston University. University Professors Program Senior theses.
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An examination of the relationship between marijuana use and anomie in Texas
… the relationship between marijuana use and anomie, as measured by the Srole Scale. The sample was randomly drawn from all Texas residents over the age of 17 who held valid drivers licenses. The sample was surveyed concerning the use of alcohol and marijuana as well as attitudes about alcohol …
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Political crime: an application of Merton's theory of social structure and anomie
… I apply Merton's theory of social structure and anomie to two CIA case studies: MKUltra (1950-1973) mind control/behavior modification experiments, and MHChaos (late 1950s-1974) a domestic counterintelligence program. Anomie theory focuses on the disjuncture between cultural goals and …
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Division of labor, anomie, and crime rates: a test of a Durkheimian model
… complex or organic societies the probability of anomie is greater which is reflected in the rate of crime. The research proposition of this model is that there is a direct relationship between the joint effects of the level of population size, population density, urbanization, the division of …
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Crime, Media, and The American Dream: The Role of Media Consumption in Institutional Anomie Theory
Messner and Rosenfeld’s Institutional Anomie Theory (IAT) is based on the assumption that the “American Dream” produces a society that is obsessed with the pursuit of success and dominated by the economy. Thus, crime is prevalent in the United States because individuals are willing to cut corners …
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Applying Durkheim’s Theory of Suicide: A Study of Altruism and Anomie Among Canadian Veterans of Afghanistan
As over 40,000 Canadian service-personnel returned from the war in Afghanistan, more than one third believe they did not make a successful transition. This study inquiries into the lived-experience of Canadian Veterans who have made this transition and demonstrates how difficult transition …
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Race and Anomie: A Comparison of Crime Among Rural Whites and Urban Blacks Based on Social Structural Conditions.
… through the theoretical framework of Merton's Anomie. Using demographic information on the state's inmate population provided by the North Carolina Department of Corrections, the subjects' individual characteristics were studied alongside community level conditions to establish whether anomic …
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A novice ESL teacher's experience of language learning in France: an autoethnographic study of anomie and the "Vulnerable Self"
<p>"This thesis combines diary study with autoethnography to report an MATESL candidate's study abroad experience as an advanced learner of French. The writer summarizes language-learning experiences in Quebec and France while focusing on his second study abroad experience in France, where he …
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“Working out our melancholy, our muscles and our masculinities” Depression, anomie, alienation, commodity fetishism, body-modification and masculinity in a de-industrialised Northumbrian Town.
… this work considers how relevant the theories of anomie, alienation and commodity fetishism are to users of Gym D today. I consider how the ‘mass sadness’ that afflicts my participants’ lived experiences can be accounted for and contextualised by the theories. Secondly, this work considers how my …
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Poverty and Work Experiences of Roma in Romania : A Study Through the Lens of Field, Habitus, Capital, and Anomie in a Roma Community in Romania
… the lens of Merton´s modes of adaptation to anomie and Bourdieu´s concepts of field, habitus, and capital. The purpose is to investigate Roma remembrance of work in the former communist regime and explore how they navigate socially within the framework of current anomic Romania. The method of …
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Factors affecting degree of success attained by families in a pilot educational housing program in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
… knowledge and attitudes, and (3) the degree of anomie within families. The objectives of the study were to: (1) determine the degree of success families attained in the educational housing program; (2) demonstrate the relationship of certain sociodemographic variables to degree of success in the …
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