FTP, identify this term from the social sciences that refers to a state of "normlessness" or "rootlessness" created by the breakdown of common standards of behavior and morality, coined by Émile Durkheim.
American sociologist Robert Merton adapted this term to explain deviance and crime in the United States as a result of disparity between high goals and limited opportunity. Often referring to situations where social order appears to have collapsed, its originator first used this term in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to describe societies in transition during industrialization. FTP, identify this term from the social sciences that refers to a state of "normlessness" or "rootlessness" created by the breakdown of common standards of behavior and morality, coined by Émile Durkheim.
American sociologist Robert Merton adapted this term to explain deviance and crime in the United States as a result of disparity between high goals and limited opportunity.
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