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how does durkheim’s concept of anomie apply to a small community facing widespread uncertainty, a loss of purpose, and social disparity due to factory closures resulting in unemployment?
social dysfunctionalism
social disorganization
social alienation

Explanation:

Durkheim's anomie refers to a state of normlessness. In a small community with factory closures (leading to unemployment, loss of purpose, social disparity), social disorganization occurs as social norms break down, social control weakens, and there's a breakdown in social order. Social dysfunctionalism focuses on negative functions of social structures, social alienation is more about estrangement from self/work, while social disorganization fits the breakdown of social order due to such disruptions.

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Social disorganization