Using world systems analysis, new urban sociologists:
A. consider individuals, neighborhoods, and communities as initiators of actions.
B. consider technological innovations as key sources of social change.
C. view cities as the outcome of decision-making processes directed by a society's dominant classes.
D. view cities as independent and autonomous entities that are uninfluenced by core industrialized nations.
Answer: C
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