Functionalists ysc Flashcards
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Parsons
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deviance for youth is a ‘rite of passage’ and a bridge of transition, as social order steps in to make individuals conform to value consensus
2
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A.Cohen
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working class boys experince status frustration when they fail to meet middle-class school standards, this leads to them forming deliquant subcultures as they can gain status through deviacne
3
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Eisenstadt
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youth is a period of ‘letting off steam’ before conforming
4
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Miller - focal concerns
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- youth subcultures form as a result of a search for thrill and entertainment or out of boredom
- could also link to larger want for status
5
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Abrams
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Youth culture is created by the media and the increasing amount of money that youth have (link to consumerism)
6
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Merton - strain theory
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- There is a strain between the goals and the means of achieving them
- goal is success and money which is powered by the American dream
- modes of adaptation eg rebellion and innovation
7
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Cloward and Ohlin
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illigitimate opportunity structure leads to blocked opportunities, resulting in reactions like conflict, consensus and retreatist
8
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Venkatesh
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- can link to Cloward and Ohlin
- gangs
- structure
- car business
9
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key concepts
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- value consensus
- defered gratification
- meritocracy
- testing boundaries
- social order
