Which condition exists when a group faces social change, uneven development, culture, maladaptiveness, disharmony, conflict, and lack of consensus?

Which condition exists when a group faces social change, uneven development, culture, maladaptiveness, disharmony, conflict, and lack of consensus?

• A. Anomie
• B. Social disorganization
• C. Social ecology
• D. Concentric zone theory

Answer: (B)

When a group experiences social change, uneven development, cultural clashes, maladaptiveness, disharmony, conflict, and a lack of consensus, the community is failing to realize shared values and maintain informal social controls—that is social disorganization. This concept captures how structural factors like rapid change, poverty, mobility, and diversity weaken neighborhood ties, reduce collective efficacy, and erode the norms and institutions (family, schools, local organizations) that ordinarily coordinate behavior. With weaker social controls and fewer commonly accepted norms, residents struggle to agree on expectations or enforce them, leading to more conflict and deviance. Anomie centers on normlessness more broadly in society, rather than the concrete breakdown of local social control and coordination described here, and the other theories frame urban structure rather than the immediate disruption of community organization.

When a group experiences social change, uneven development, cultural clashes, maladaptiveness, disharmony, conflict, and a lack of consensus, the community is failing to realize shared values and maintain informal social controls—that is social disorganization. This concept captures how structural factors like rapid change, poverty, mobility, and diversity weaken neighborhood ties, reduce collective efficacy, and erode the norms and institutions (family, schools, local organizations) that ordinarily coordinate behavior. With weaker social controls and fewer commonly accepted norms, residents struggle to agree on expectations or enforce them, leading to more conflict and deviance. Anomie centers on normlessness more broadly in society, rather than the concrete breakdown of local social control and coordination described here, and the other theories frame urban structure rather than the immediate disruption of community organization.