If You Theorize That Poor People Join Groups Dedicated to Keeping

question 37

Multiple Choice

If you theorize that poor people join groups dedicated to keeping toxic waste dumps out of low-income communities because they want to enjoy the same standard of living and quality of life as the rest of society,then you are asserting:

• A) structural functionalism.
• B) relative deprivation theory.
• C) mass society theory.
• D) resource mobilization theory.

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