Subcultural - Functionalism Flashcards
What 3 things did Albert cohen say
Working class youths :
Internalise mainstream a norms and values
Face blocked opportunities
Suffer from status frustration
How do working class youths internalise mainstream norms and values
Through socialisation
Status frustration
Relaxation that you cannot achieve middle class terms
Do all youths internalise mainstream norms and value s
No some reject them because of the status frustration that they feel
What did cloward and ohlin say
They maintained that working class delinquent subculture reflects illegitimate opportunity structure s
What were c and o subcultures
Criminal
Conflict
Retreatist
Criminal subcultures
When youths have access to adult criminal networks
Conflict subcultures
Youths lack access to adult criminal networks but live in an environment which values defence of territorial and violence
Retreatist subcultures
Denied access to criminal or conflict subcultures
What did Walter miller say
Lower class youths never accept mainstream norms and values
Why do youths never accept mainstream norms and values
They are socialised to a set of lower class values or focal concerns
What happens to youths in a lower class values
They over conform to these lower class values and gain status within their peer group
