Sociologists see wealth and poverty as __________

A) determined mostly by people’s attributes such as ambition or the lack of ambition
B) structural features of modern societies, rather than individual attributes
C) mostly random, unrelated to people’s individual or social circumstances
D) able to be changed by the choices people make during their life course


Answer: B

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What will be an ideal response?

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