Classification of the Theory

Question 1

Classification of Anomie

Answer 1

• Anomie is a positivist theory, but instead of locating pathology within the individual, it locates it within the social structure
• It is also a structural theory on a macro level
• But also and finally a functionalist theory; it is desirable to explain a social phenomenon in terms of its effects on and its consequences for the social structure as a whole

Question 2

Characterization of Anomie

Answer 2

Defined by the assumption of a consensus of values