Durkheim argued that traditional cultures with a low division of labour are characterised by mechanical solidarity as members of the society are involved in similar occupations. Mechanical solidarity is therefore grounded in consensus and similarity of beliefs. Specialisation of tasks and the increasing social differentiation in advanced societies would lead to a new order featuring organic solidarity. Societies characterised by organic solidarity are held together by people's economic interdependence and their recognition of the importance of others' contributions. ... Modern day li...

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Functionalists believe that religion maintains social stability and that through the act of collective worship it helps unite individuals because it acts as a "social glue" that promotes value consensus and social solidarity. ... It maintains social solidarity, protects traditional values and may even change society but only in order to restore traditional values that are at risk of disappearing or already may have. ...

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In my final paper for this course, I will be writing about some of the most important leaders of the sociology field. These three theorist are Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Emile Durkheim. They were often referred to as "The Power Trio of Sociology". They gave a lot to the area of sociology and are pret...

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The more primitive society characterised by mechanical solidarity (Ritzer: 81) or a set of rules and regulations which structure social life and which influence the individuals" life (Hess: 38) has a relatively undifferentiated society with little or no division of labour. The more modern society characterised by organic solidarity with a high division of labour. ...

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Throughout history, all communities have many differences ideologies. One of those ideologies is fascism and nazism which associate with fascism, in fact, nazism emerges from fascism. Fascism is emerged from Italy by Mussolini, but nazism is raised from Germany by Hitler. A differences between fasci...

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B.A. (Hons) History and Politics Politics and the End of History To what extent do the ideas of the "third way" represent a new form of politics? The "New Politics" of "New Labour", is to a large extent, based on the work of Anthony Giddens. Giddens...

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