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Article: Strain Theory (Sociology)
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Drafting Strain Theory Edits
https://www.d.umn.edu/~bmork/2306/Theories/BAManomie.htm


 * Merton wanted to think of how the rates of deviance are so different among different societies
 * He noticed how there could be deviance when there is a difference between what defines success and the proper means to achieve these goals
 * He finds the United States as a prime example of high levels of deviance because there is a high value in achieving success, primarily monetary success, but there are contradictions for the means of achieving success. The college educated worker is respected, but the robber barons who stole for their money were also admired, showing success is seen as more important than the means to achieve success.
 * He also saw how minority groups were unable to get good educations, and if they could then they could not get a good paying job with it, but the same high standard for success is set for everyone even though not everyone could reach those standards through conventional means.
 * Through this disjunction, Merton thought of the strain theory.

Draft Edit
Robert Merton's Strain Theory stems from a fundamental question that he posed on why the rates of deviance were so different among societies. He thought that there could be deviance where there is a difference between what defines success and what the proper means are to achieve these goals. He found the United States as a prime example of high levels of deviance because there is a high value in achieving success, primarily monetary success, but there are contradictions for the means of achieving success. The college educated worker is respected, but the robber barons who stole for their money were also admired, showing success is seen as more important than the means to achieve success. In addition, he also saw how minority groups were unable to get good educations, and if they could then they could not get a good paying job with it, but the same high standard for success is set for everyone even though not everyone could reach those standards through conventional means. These contradictions led him to develop strain theory because of how high the US held success.

https://www.d.umn.edu/~bmork/2306/Theories/BAManomie.htm