According to Piven and Cloward, the social control function of public assistance programs is to
a. offer employment skills to the poor.
b. defuse social unrest in times of mass unemployment.
c. alert the unemployed to alternative means of employment.
d. establish social change.
b
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a. 6;4 b. 8;6 c. 10;7 d. 12;9 e. 14;10
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What will be an ideal response?
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What will be an ideal response?