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Who among the following distinguishes between mechanical and organic solidarity ?

  • A.Ferdinand Tonnies
  • B.Robert Redfield
  • C.Emile Durkheim
  • D.William F. Ogburn

Answer: C

The distinction is Emile Durkheim's.

In The Division of Labour in Society (1893), Durkheim contrasted mechanical solidarity, based on likeness and a strong collective conscience in simple societies, with organic solidarity, based on the interdependence of specialised individuals in complex societies with an advanced division of labour.

Tonnies distinguished Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft, Redfield the folk-urban continuum, and Ogburn cultural lag.

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