What Hypothesis Has S

question 45

Multiple Choice

What hypothesis has S. N. Eisenstadt developed to explain the creation of age-set associations?

• A) Age-set systems arise when kinship groups fail to carry out important political or economic functions.
• B) Age-set systems serve as an intermediate organization between egalitarian and socially stratified societies.
• C) Only societies with age-set systems can maintain traditional subsistence patterns in an age of territorial disputes.
• D) Age-set systems are a natural expression of a high degree of gender stratification.

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