Sociologist Emile Durkheim observed that rapid social change and a more specialized division of labor produce strains in society.These strains lead to a breakdown in traditional organization,values,and authority and to a dramatic increase in anomie.

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Emile Durkheim did indeed observe that rapid social change and a more specialized division of labor could lead to strains in society, which could result in a breakdown of traditional organization, values, and authority and an increase in anomie (a sense of normlessness or lack of moral guidance). This is a key concept in Durkheim's theory of social integration and its relationship to suicide rates.

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