SLGY 2131 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Class Conflict, Anomie, Mechanical And Organic Solidarity
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Division of labour o as individuals become more autonomous, they become more dependent on society. This can be solved by changes in social solidarity from changes in the division of labour o a fundamental base of social order o the principal source of social solidarity. Constitutional law o in small societies with little division of labor, there is mechanical solidarity based upon likeness and a collective identity o durkheim argues that social order depends on moral force of collective. Organic solidarity society o division of labor expands as social segments lose their individuality and combine with other segments to enable new relationships ( moral. Density ) o division of labor enables people to avoid conflict by refining and specializing their tasks o as society"s demands become more universal, the collective consciousness leaves greater space for individual variation. Abnormal forms of division of labor o anomie industrial and commercial crises/bankrupt that represent lack of adjustment in the division of labor.