What Is Significant About the Amish and Hutterite Communities in Contrast

question 64

Multiple Choice

What is significant about the Amish and Hutterite communities in contrast to today's highly stratified social structures?

• A) It is an example of a successful effort to establish an egalitarian system of economic and social relations within highly stratified societies.
• B) It is an example of a failed effort to establish an egalitarian system of economic and social relations within highly stratified societies.
• C) It is an example of a successful effort to establish a hierarchical religious society.
• D) It is an example of a successful effort to establish an authoritarian system of economic and social relations within highly stratified societies.

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