Social Polarisation and Anomie: The Effects of a New Urban Form
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
ISSN: 0144-333X
Article publication date: 1 August 1995
Abstract
This paper takes as its starting point the apparent chaotic nature of a great deal of social life in the final years of the twentieth century. The breakdown of many nation states in Eastern Europe, uncontrolled urban growth and the expanding number of homeless refugees all suggest reasons why “chaos theory” has been attractive to social scientists. Providing its metaphoric nature is realized it may be helpful in providing an organizing principle for research. The concept of social polarization on the other hand, while addressing a number of the same issues, has the advantage perhaps of being more empirically grounded.
Citation
Western, J. (1995), "Social Polarisation and Anomie: The Effects of a New Urban Form", International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 15 No. 8/9/10, pp. 201-219. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb013229
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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