Which Sociologist Has Identified a Number of Social, Economic, and Political

Multiple Choice

Which sociologist has identified a number of social, economic, and political functions that the poor perform for society (e.g., poor people do society's dirty work at low cost; poverty creates jobs for those in occupations serving the poor; the existence of poor people guarantees the higher status of the more affluent) ?

A) Herbert Gans
B) Émile Durkheim
C) Peter Blau
D) Daniel Rossides