Abstract Sociological Theories and the Concept of Deviance Deviance is known as any action or behavior that violates social norms. ... There are three primary theoretical perspectives that sociologists use today in order to understand the concept of deviance and how it affects society, including: symbolic interactionist perspective, functionalist perspective, and the conflict perspective. ... One of the primary theoretical perspectives was the symbolic interactionist perspective, also known as symbolic interactionism. ... Sociologist Edwin Sutherland, studied deviance from the symbolic interac...

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Gordon concludes: - "Most crimes in this country share a single important similarity - they represent rational responses to the competitiveness and inequality of life in a capitalist society" Milton Mankoff follows the same line of rationing as Gordon does, but draws comparison on the USA and Western Europe, he shows how different economic perspectives (USA-Monetarist, Western Europe-Keynesian) can through giving more to the working classes can stem the flow of crime, since a Keynesian economy advocates a minimum wage, and makes room for a fair we...

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One person who attempted to examine religion from an objective, scientific perspective was Karl Marx. ... Do certain sociological or economic arrangements always coexist with particular forms of religiousness (or lack thereof)? ...

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Emile Durkheim was a member of the functionalist strain of sociology, which provides the present source of stimulation for research into this topic. ... Now the essay will compare each of these perspectives on social inequality. Marx was not a sociologist, yet much of his works had a profound influence on sociology. ...

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