Internet Exercises

Exercise 1

Go to http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/sshglo.htm#Norms and read the section on "Anomie and Norms." Click on the link to read what Durkheim had to say about anomie and norms. Also read the portion on Robert Merton.

a. According to Durkheim, where does anomie come from?

b. According to Merton, where does anomie come from?

c. How does each theorist deal with norms?

d. For each theorist, what is the relationship between norms and anomie?

Exercise 2

Go to http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/soc/courses/soc2r3/sf/davmor1.htm. Look at the graphical representation of the functional theory of stratification and answer the following questions:

a. What is the relationship between functional importance and rewards/inequality/stratification?

b. What is the relationship between scarcity of personnel and rewards/inequality/stratification?

c. What is the relationship between functional importance and scarcity of personnel?

d. If you were critiquing this theory, what additional arrows might you draw?