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- Title
A Study of Social Anomie among Slum Residents of Tabriz.
- Authors
Aghdam, Mohammad-Bagher Alizadeh; Bahram, Saeed Soltani; Ahmadi, Arman
- Abstract
Uncontrolled urban growth had led to production of inhabitants in marginalized areas and slums by creating and increasing inequality in urban contexts. In such a circumstance, several problems arise; marginalized areas are prone to various social pathologies. In this paper, we consider the problem of anomie, which is regarded as one of the most important problems of the marginalized. It is a social situation in which disintegration of norms that govern social interactions and relationships occurs. Anomie or social chaos is an irregularity or abnormality in which people are unable to communicate with common rules and satisfy their needs. According to Durkheim, anomie includes a state in which a set of rules governing social functions is missing. In the anomic condition, disorder, conflict, and instability of norms are clearly visible. In this paper, we examine the relationship between social anomie and several important factors such as religiosity, moral illegality, instrumental illegality, cultural capital and economic capital among marginalized populations of Tabriz city. Many sociologists argue that marginalization in large metropolitan cities originate from forms of social deviations from within these communities. Tabriz is one of Iran's metropolitan cities, suffering from a kind of marginalization whose consequences are indicative of social abnormalities. Considering the above discussion, the main objective of this paper is to examine factors responsible for creation of anomie among marginalized citizens of Tabriz.
- Subjects
URBAN growth; SLUMS; ANOMY; RELIGIOUSNESS; SOCIAL capital
- Publication
Security & Social Order Strategic Studies, 2014, Vol 8, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
2322-1453
- Publication type
Article