According to Robert Merton, Anomie occurs when individuals feel social and psychological strain due to a lack of acceptable means for achieving success.
Explanation:
The American sociologist named Robert King Merton. He worked most of his profession at Columbia University where he graduated as a professor of the University.
Anomie is "the state that society gives persons no moral guidance" .
Conflicts between values and social linkages between an individual and the group will contribute to anomia.
Goals can become so relevant that illegal means can be used if the institutionalised means — that is to say, appropriate in compliance to social standards — collapsed. Stronger emphasis on results than means produces a tension that leads to a deterioration of the regulatory structure–that is to say, anomie.
