Durkheim

• Mechanical solidarity- social bonds based on shared moral sentiments, tradition; low division of labor; rural

• Organic solidarity- bonds based on specialization, interdependence; high division of labor; urban, cosmopolitan

• More optimistic about consequences:

  • bonds of mutual dependency hold people together by differences
  • less regimentation than traditional societies
  • but anomie can arise

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