__________ argues that stratification is dysfunctional and harmful in society. according to ________

__________ argues that stratification is dysfunctional and harmful in society. according to __________, stratification benefits the rich and powerful at the expense of the poor. __________ assumes that those in high positions perpetually try to increase their wealth at the expense and suffering of those who occupy low positions. for example, many wealthy families pay low wages to nannies to care for their children, gardeners to tend to their yards, and maids to clean their homes. __________ theorists believe that this competitive system, together with structural barriers to upward mobility ends up creating and perpetuating stratification systems. __________ theorists hold that competition and inequality are not inevitable but are created and maintained by people.