Question 9 durkheim was interested in suicide primarily because he wanted a. to solve a major social problem in the france of his day. b. to show that what was thought to be a personal act was patterned by social forces. c. to show that psychological conditions, for example depression, were more important than economic conditions in suicide rates. d. all of the above.

Durkheim was interested in suicide primarily because he wanted to b) show that what was thought to be a personal act was patterned by social forces.

A lot of social factors may be the cause of a person’s decision to perform suicide. For example, a person that is a victim of bullying may decide to end his/her life because of sheer depression.

b. to show that what was thought to be a personal act was patterned by social forces.

Explanation:

Emilie Durkheim chooses s.u.i.c.i.d.e as a social phenomenon and a concern of his time, since he sought to answer what conditions were there for a person to commit s.u.i.c.i.d.e:

The s.u.i.c.i.d.e rates he gathered would let him set Sociology as a trendy and yet scientific discipline.

Since the explanations of his time  focused mostly on subjective observations on individuals from different contexts. s.u.i.c.i.d.e was explained more on the individual reasons rather than the structure in which they occurred.

Rather than explaining this act as a consequence of depression, Durkheim pinpointed the social factors, collecting statistics to show how certain groups were more likely to commit s.u.i.c.i.d.e

He found social traits like being Protestant and Caucasian, or being wealthy and unmarried had higher chances of solving to s.u.i.c.i.d.e

He then established Sociological approaches to identify s.u.i.c.i.d.e as a public or public health issue , that still makes governments get more concern today.

first of all, it's important to say that the book we shall not be moved, written by joan dash, is about the first strike of women in the united states in the year 1909. the best historical detail to clarify the reader's undertanding is the phrase "general strike". this strike involved women working at a garment factory who decided to protest   long working hours, low wages and brutal conditions. this strike became known as "the new york shirtwaist strike" or "the uprising of the 20,000". the strike mostly involved jewish women who did not speak english or who had a basic knowledge of the english language. finally, the strike went on from november 1909 until february 1910.