A Subsystem of Stratification That Mills Mentions Is the Outer

question 47

Multiple Choice

A subsystem of stratification that Mills mentions is the outer fringes of the power elite.These are:

• A) the people who have no say at all in decisions that affect even them.
• B) individuals who are considered friends of the elite, but who don't associate with them on a business basis.
• C) the people who make the major decisions, but the policies are carried out by others.
• D) individuals who count in the decisions that affect all of us, but who don't actually make those decisions.

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