Author Question: From the order-market perspective, wealth and income inequality are a result of a. the fact that ... (Read 39 times)

leo leo · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

From the order-market perspective, wealth and income inequality are a result of

a. the fact that those holding the best positions in a society are the most intelligent and thus deserve the greatest rewards.
b. a fundamental need in every society to give greater rewards to those who make the most significant contributions to a society in order to induce them to perform their specific tasks.
c. injustices inherent in capitalism.
d. both a and b.

Question 2

Talcott Parsons

a. rejected critical power--conflict theories of social problems.
b. was the first American sociologist to analyze social problems in terms of a critical power-conflict perspective.
c. predicted the revolutionary social upheaval in U.S. racial relations that occurred during the 1960s.
d. advocated worldwide revolutionary movements.