According to sociologists Davis and Moore, the way society divides people into social and economic classes is necessary; we need both professionals such as lawyers and doctors, and also maids and receptionists
Yet, the jobs that most people can do will be lower paid, while the jobs that require rare skills will be more highly paid. This view is best characterized as
A. conflict theory.
B. functionalist.
C. symbolic interactionist.
D. ethnomethodologist.
B
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