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Theories 1700s to 1960s: Exercise 5: Anomie and strain (Durkheim, Merton, Agnew)
What You Will Learn

This exercise will deal with the following topics:
• Anomie theory
• Robert Merton’s five modes of adaptation
• Robert Agnew’s general strain theory
• Steven Messner and Richard Rosenfeld’s institutional anomie theory
Key Terms


anomie
conformity
fetishism of money
innovation
institutional anomie theory
rebellion
retreatism
ritualism
strain
Click on a term for the definition.
What You Will Do

Read each question or statement and answer it by clicking on the correct choice. If you choose the wrong answer, try again. If you click on the wrong choice, the Answer box at the bottom of the choices will tell you why your answer is wrong.
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