The outcome of intergenerational relationships may be characterized by solidarity, conflict, or ongoing ambivalence, depending on the continuous negotiation when individuals attempt to meet their own, their family, and society's contradictory demands and expectations (Connidis and McMullin 2002).
That is, one may find settings meeting the description of humane circumstances even under broader orders of inequality or relationships characterized by solidarity even when one actor is in a position of vulnerability.
In a society characterized by organic solidarity, there is relatively greater division of labour, with individuals functioning much like the interdependent but differentiated organs of a living body.
In societies characterized by mechanical solidarity, each person knew pretty much what every other person did and each social unit encompassed pretty much all the functions it needed in order to survive.
Smallpox is the only infectious disease in humans that has been successfully eradicated, and this was only achieved by a campaign characterized by global solidarity in planning, collaboration, and concerted action.
Such partnerships must be characterized by mutuality and solidarity, recognizing that each partner brings unique resources to the table, such as knowledge, history, finances, expertise and relationships.
He noted that the period of postcolonial resistance in Africa "was characterized by coordination and solidarity between the leaders of the Moroccan resistance movement and the Algerian Liberation Front.
If this is the case, a successful response to the HIV-epidemic within a health system that is funded from a substantial and integrated pool of public funds could contribute to moving from a past marked by highly unequal access to freedom and resources to a future characterized by cohesiveness and solidarity.
Xenophobes warn that Europe's cultural identity is at risk, and yet the founding treaty of the EU calls for societies characterized by pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between women and men.
More generally, it is hard for a society characterized by ethnic and cultural pluralism to generate the solidarity required for the redistribution of wealth.
It might not even be possible to have Oprah and fairness: "It is hard for a society characterized by ethnic and cultural pluralism to generate the solidarity required for the redistribution of wealth.
