______ noted that religion allows for social integration and therefore lowers suicide rates, but also cautioned that when people experience extreme religious integration and conformity, higher rates of mass suicide can occur.
A. Emile Durkheim
B. Karl Marx
C. Max Weber
D. Michel Foucault
Answer: A
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a. Japan b. The Soviet Union c. The United States d. Germany e. China
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a. Who benefits most from the institutional arrangements? b. What is the meaning of the different elements of the social institutions for the participants? c. How do institutions help stabilize society? d. Do social institutions rationalize inequality?