Today, Steve went into a grocery store where a stranger checked out his purchases and another stranger bagged his groceries. Then he went to a fast-food restaurant and purchased a hamburger from another stranger, and on his way home he stopped at an intersection, where an unknown police officer raised her hand. These experiences are all characteristic of
A. mechanical solidarity.
B. Gemeinschaft relationships.
C. Gesellschaft relationships.
D. organic solidarity.
Answer: C
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a. traditional c. value-rational b. affectional d. instrumental rational
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example? a. Emergence b. Coalescence c. Bureaucratization d. Decline
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A. collective efficacy B. consciousness raising C. social organizing D. social control