Meaning unintended consequences
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unintended consequencesresults of an action or situation that are not deliberately brought about and/or anticipated.
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unintended consequencesMany social actions have significant effects on the total sociocultural system (or other parts of that system) that were neither intended nor foreseen by the participants. Robert K. Merton developed the concepts of latent and manifest functions, as well as the concept of dysfunction, to better study these unintended consequences.
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unintended consequencesThe unexpected and unplanned results of a decision or action.
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unintended consequencesThe unexpected and unplanned results of a decision or action.
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