Anomie Institutional Theory: The American Social Structure Restrictions

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Anomie Institutional Theory can explain why someone can turn to drugs in the first place. Everyone wants to live out the American dream, the big house with a huge yard where the children can place. A great job with a wonderful income so that the last thing you have to worry about is money. Sadly you can’t go to the store and buy this dream you have to work hard for it. Robert Merton which came up with this theory, believe that it is America society fault that people want to live this life that really don’t exist for the common American person. We are told by working hard and getting the right education we can gain this dream but everyone is not born into the right place for this to happen. The American social structure restrictions individuals