Sociologists Who Analyze Class Using the Conflict Perspective

question 19

Multiple Choice

Sociologists who analyze class using the conflict perspective

• A) see class basically as a continuum.
• B) argue that class is basically a matter of what individuals possess in terms of income and prestige.
• C) see class as defined by the relationship of the classes to the larger system of economic production.
• D) base their views on the early work of Emile Durkheim who pointed out the dysfunctional consequences of division of labor.

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