The Legacy of Anomie Theory (Paperback)

Editor’s Note, Part One Merton Reflects on Anomie Theory, Opportunity Structure: The Emergence, Diffusion, and Differentiation of a Sociological Concept, 1930s-1950s, Part Two The Legacy of Anomie Theory, 1. Merton versus Hirschi: Who Is Faithful to Durkheim’s Heritage?, 2. Continuities in the Anomie Tradition, 3. The Contribution of Social-Psychological Strain Theory to the Explanation of Crime and Delinquency, 4. Salvaging Structure through Strain: A Theoretical and Empirical Critique, 5. Crime and the American Dream: An Institutional Analysis, 6. Ethics and Crime in Business Firms: Organizational Culture and the Impact of Anomie, 7. White-Collar Crime and Anomie, 8. Social Order and Gang Formation in Chinatown, 9. Cloward and Ohlin’s Strain Theory Reexamined: An Elaborated Theoretical Model, 10. Synnomie to Anomie: A Macrosociological Formulation, Part Three General Articles, 11. Kristian Georgevich Rakovsky: A Criminological Interlude, 12. Contemporary Criminological Theory and Historical Data: The Sex Ratio of London Crime, 13. Social Reaction and Secondary Deviance in Culture and Society: The United States and Japan, 14. Discrepancies in the Control of Elite and Lower-Status Deviance: A Theory of Multiple Control, 15. In Defense of Comparative Criminology: A Critique of General Theory and the Rational Man, Comments, Comments on Volume 3, Comments on Volume 1 and Volume 2, Contributors, Name Index, Subject Index