Anomie


  Merton is also responsible for the modern usage of the term “anomie.” Drawing upon the 19th century work of the great...

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The Law of Unintended Conseque...


  Robert K. Merton (1936) was responsible for many other sociological ideas captured in phrases that became widely used in...

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The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy


  One of the leading American sociologists of the 20th century, Robert K. Merton was a theorist who believed deeply in...

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