Bill does not believe the poor individually have less motivation, but does see that there are certain traits, beliefs, and habits they engage in which keep them poor and unable to move forward. Bill is a proponent of __________

A) structural theory
B) institutional discrimination theory
C) a culture-of-poverty hypothesis
D) a political economy approach to poverty


Answer: C

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