Which critic of the functionalist analysis of stratification notes that while a system of rewards for filling highly expert professions demanding long years of education and skill may once have served the overall purposes of society, this situation no longer exists?

A. Ralf Dahrendorf
B. D. Stanley Eitzen
C. David Featherman
D. Gerhard Lenski, Jr.


Answer: D

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