Question.3651 - Answer one of the two sets of questions:--Discuss the validity of Mead’s ideas of “functional superiority” and the creation of a universal democracy. Do you agree that we can develop a “universal discourse” through taking the attitude of an abstract, generalized other? Explain. Can/should Mead’s ideas be applied to problems of democracy in the 21st century? Why or why not?--Apply Merton’s theory of deviance to the ongoing opioid crisis in the United States. In what ways are the values of U.S. society out of sync with the means to achieve them, and how does this help us understand the opioid crisis? Be sure to make 2 posts--your original post and at least one reply to a classmate's. Also be sure use at least one concept from this week's readings (and earlier chapters and outside sources if useful), define and apply each concept you incorporate into your post, and include in-text citations with page numbers and a reference list (or bibliography) in APA style.
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