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Functionalist Perspective • Herbert Gans (1971) argued that poverty exists because it is functional for society – Helps reinforce cultural ideals of hard work and the notion that anyone can succeed if only they would try – Preserves social boundaries: separates the haves from the have-nots – Provides a low-wage labor pool to do society’s “dirty work”

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Test Bank for Social Problems
Community, Policy, and Social
Action 2023/2024 guide
Sixth Edition
by
Anna Leon-Guerrero

, Chapter 2

Social Class
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, Social Stratification and Inequality
• Primary characteristics serve as social boundaries
• Society “stratifies” or ranks individuals or groups
• Stratification results in inequality
• Wealth is usually defined as the value of assets owned
by a household
– Is more unequally distributed and more concentrated
than income




Leon-Guerrero, Social Problems, 6e
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SAGE Publishing, 2019

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