Who First Developed the Concept of a Culture of Poverty

question 53

Multiple Choice

Who first developed the concept of a culture of poverty?

• A) Ovide Mercredi,then-chief of the Assembly of First Nations
• B) John Porter,a Canadian sociologist
• C) Oscar Lewis,an American anthropologist
• D) Pierre Bourdieu,a French sociologist

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