On Any Given Day, You Probably Depend on Many Strangers

question 15

Multiple Choice

On any given day, you probably depend on many strangers to provide electricity, water, natural gas, weather forecasts, and other services. According to Émile Durkheim, this interdependence gives rise to

• A) mechanical solidarity.
• B) class consciousness.
• C) organic solidarity.
• D) pragmatism.

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