Multiple Choice
According to Erik Olin Wright, evolutionary theories have which of the following characteristics:
A) they organize history into a typology of stages
B) they assume there is a greater chance of societies evolving to a higher stage rather than regressing back to an earlier one
C) they identify mechanisms that explain the movement from one societal stage to another
D) all of these
E) none of these
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