Sociology & Anthropology · Sociological Theory
A topic within Sociological Theory, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Sociology & Anthropology.
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Émile Durkheim
Argues that social solidarity shifts from a shared collective conscience in simple societies to interdependence produced by an increasingly specialised division of labour, making the division of labour itself the basic mechanism holding complex societies together.
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Argues stratification exists in every society because it is the mechanism by which positions requiring scarce talent and long training get filled, with unequal reward acting as the incentive that motivates people to endure the training.
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