Mark takes the position that poverty is caused not by individuals, but rather by institutions that are arranged to ensure that some groups of people remain poor while others thrive. Mark expresses a point of view in line with __________ theory

A) deficiency
B) structural
C) institutional
D) conflict


Answer: B

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