A visual explanation and analysis of Émile Durkheim's contrast between mechanical and organic solidarity.

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Created with Toon Boom Studio 8.1 and a Wacom Intuos Pen Tablet.

References:
Bottomore, T. 1981. A Marxist Consideration of Durkheim. Social Forces, 59(4), 902917.
Durkheim, E. 1893. The Division of Labour in Society (trans. Halls, W. D.). New York: Free Press.
Henry, J. 2012. The Price of Offshore Revisted: New Estimates for Missing Global Private Wealth, Income, Inequality, and Lost Taxes. Press Release, Tax Justice Network.
James, P., and Szeman, I. 2010. Globalization and Culture, Vol. 3: GlobalLocal Consumption. London: Sage Publications.
Marx, K, and Engels, F. 1848. The Communist Manifesto (trans. Moore, S.). WikiSource.
Müller, H. 1994. Social Differentiation and Organic Solidarity: The "Division of Labor" Revisited. Sociological Forum, 9(1), 7386.
Ortiz, Isabel, and Cummins. 2011. Global Inequality: Beyond the Bottom Billion. Unicef.
Pieterse, J. N. 2002. Global inequality: Bringing politics back in. Third World Quarterly, 23 (6).
Pope, W., and Johnson, B. 1983. Inside Organic Solidarity. American Sociological Review, 48(5), 681692.

Additional references:
http://www.smh.com.au/federalpolitic...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/20140929...
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/tech...

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"Hello Kitty Consumerism" image own work.
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No clear source for images of Durkheim and Weber.