poverty exist? Throughout the long history of our nation, people from politicians to social workers have proposed solutions intended to end poverty in the United States. In his article, “The Uses of Poverty: The Poor Pay All,” Herbert J. Gans uses the functionalist sociological perspective to examine the function of poverty in the United States, arguing that the poor as an entity provide many benefits to society, including carrying out society’s “dirty work.” This, in turn, is the notion that makes…
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