Citation

Mccormack TH. Am. J. Sociol. 1950; 56(1): 17-24.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1950, University of Chicago Press)

DOI

10.1086/220639

PMID

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Abstract

Assumptions about motivation are implicit in theories of social change. Who deviates from established political, social, and economic norms and why are basic problems for an analysis of social movements. A critical review of studies of the political deviant suggests that though the data are incomplete for any final appraisal, it is type of personality which characteristically urges reforms. The major weakness of the studies is that thy ignore the sociological context in which this behavior develops.