In 1945, sociologists Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore made the claim that inequality has useful consequences for the operation of society. This claim is consistent with which type of theoretical analysis?
a. symbolic-interaction analysis
b. social-disorganization analysis
c. social-conflict analysis
d. structural-functional analysis
(Answer: d)
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