According to Davis and Moore every society is stratified, and this inequality is necessary in order for society normally function. They talk that some positions are more important than others, and rewards are proportional to the level of importance of particular position. Also, they state that to take over a positions member of society must be trained very well or inherit these abilities. Although, Davis and Moore are right at some point about stratification, they didn’t think this theory all of way thru. Tumin, on other hand saw some discrepancies in Davis and Moore’s Structural Stratification. He contradicts with them, if some positions in society are more important than others, and the more important once receive higher rewards: Who? and
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Durkheim was concerned that society was becoming increasingly individualistic. What problems did Durkheim see with this increasing individualism? What evidence could you offer of this trend in modern, industrialized societies? Explain the different types of suicide. Which type would Durkheim argue is most prevalent today and why? Durkheim believes that all humans are individuals with unique characteristics and qualities. As individuals people are part of society and, we are all different, and we are playing different roles in the society, which leads us to increasing division of labor. People become more self-centered, then ever before. Although, Durkheim believes that division of labor is actually positive thing for people and for the society itself, in our time because of other factors division of labor becomes a root of increasing individualism. Durkheim saw two main characteristics of modern, industrial society: (1) a lack of integration of the individual in the social group and (2) a lack of moral regulation. (Edles& Appelrouth, 2nd Edition, …show more content…
His main concern was about why in some societies rates of deviance are different, what is the cause of it. In his theory Merton uses two constants: means and goals. Mean is the way people try to get their goals, and goal is some objective that people try to achieve in their lives. He also designed five modes of adaptations to society: conformity (when person accepts goals and means of society), innovation (person accepts goals, but rejects means), ritualism (rejects the goals, but accepts the means), retreatism (rejects both goals and means), and the last one is rebellion (when person rejects both goals and means and tries to substitute with new goals and new means). According to Merton, anomie is when it is a loss of means, when society actually didn’t care about the way people let’s say gained wealth, as long as they got it. The goal, in this example is to become rich, and there is no guidance to achieve it without breaking the social
Durkheim was concerned that society was becoming increasingly individualistic. What problems did Durkheim see with this increasing individualism? What evidence could you offer of this trend in modern, industrialized societies? Explain the different types of suicide. Which type would Durkheim argue is most prevalent today and why? Durkheim believes that all humans are individuals with unique characteristics and qualities. As individuals people are part of society and, we are all different, and we are playing different roles in the society, which leads us to increasing division of labor. People become more self-centered, then ever before. Although, Durkheim believes that division of labor is actually positive thing for people and for the society itself, in our time because of other factors division of labor becomes a root of increasing individualism. Durkheim saw two main characteristics of modern, industrial society: (1) a lack of integration of the individual in the social group and (2) a lack of moral regulation. (Edles& Appelrouth, 2nd Edition, …show more content…
His main concern was about why in some societies rates of deviance are different, what is the cause of it. In his theory Merton uses two constants: means and goals. Mean is the way people try to get their goals, and goal is some objective that people try to achieve in their lives. He also designed five modes of adaptations to society: conformity (when person accepts goals and means of society), innovation (person accepts goals, but rejects means), ritualism (rejects the goals, but accepts the means), retreatism (rejects both goals and means), and the last one is rebellion (when person rejects both goals and means and tries to substitute with new goals and new means). According to Merton, anomie is when it is a loss of means, when society actually didn’t care about the way people let’s say gained wealth, as long as they got it. The goal, in this example is to become rich, and there is no guidance to achieve it without breaking the social