What Is Environmental-Opportunity Theory? Describe Its Application to Where You

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Essay

What is environmental-opportunity theory? Describe its application to where you have lived (or where you are currently living)and to where you foresee yourself living once you have finished your postsecondary education.

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Definitions:

Conflict Theorists

Sociologists who focus on social, political, or material inequalities of a social group, analyzing the social and political power dynamics that give rise to conflict and change.

Deviance

Behaviors or actions that violate societal norms or expectations, often eliciting negative societal responses.

Formal Response

An official or structured reply or reaction to a stimulus or question, often in written form.

Deviant Subculture

A group that is part of a larger culture but differentiates itself by adopting norms and values contrary to mainstream society.