Sociology / Unit 6 Soc 0858 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Objections to Davis-Moore
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The idea
Critics answer that reward tracks power rather than functional importance, that many essential occupations are poorly paid, and that unequal starting points prevent the sorting the thesis assumes.
In practice
Work a society cannot function without is often among its least rewarded.
Where people slip
The objection targets the thesis's mechanism, and it does not deny that positions differ.
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