Question

Mechanical solidarity is

a.

the impersonal social relationships that arise with increased job specialization, in which individuals can no longer provide for all of their own needs.


b.

the concentration of the population in cities.


c.

the exchange of a good or service.


d.

what sociologist Émile Durkheim suggests holds preindustrial societies together.

Answer 1

D. What sociologist Emile Durkheim suggests holds preindustrial societies together.

Answer 2

Mechanical solidarity is what sociologist Émile Durkheim suggests holds preindustrial societies together. Option D is correct.

Mechanical solidarity is the social integration of members of a society who have share values and beliefs. These common values and beliefs create a “collective conscience” that works internally in individual members to cause them to cooperate.

David Émile Durkheim was a French sociologist. He formally established the academic discipline and he is considered the principal architect of modern social science.