A society must ensure that the most functionally important roles are filled by those most talented and efficient, with education and stratification allowing individuals to have an occupation that best suits their abilities. ... Davis & Moore neglect these dysfunction's of stratification - for example reward possibly being due to unjust economic and political power, and that poverty negatively impacts education and lifestyle. Women have been harshly disadvantaged in employment until recently, due to previously being unable to access education, and considered inferior with the popular "A...

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Parsons (1951, p.137), stated that, "social action is performed by an actor either as an individual, a group or from meaningful intentions and implement equilibrium," such as education, find means to attain goal, dealing with hindering conditions (crisis) and actors must work with the social system (rules). ...

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