According to Emile Durkheim:
a. Modern societies have mechanical solidarity
b. Organic solidarity is conducive to the existence of anomie
c. Social facts cannot explain other social facts
d. Collective conscience is more prominent in societies with organic solidarity than mechanical solidarity
e. Anomie exists when everyone in a society shares the same norms and values
Answer: b. Organic solidarity is conducive to the existence of anomie
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