In Emile Durkheim's work Suicide, he reported that suicide rates went up when the economy slumped, but also spiked when the economy boomed. Which of Durkheim's concepts from Chapter 1 explain why both positive and negative economic conditions could increase suicide rates?
A. anomie
B. organic solidarity
C. alienation
D. mechanical solidarity
Ans: A. anomie
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