____________ pointed out that society should be a meritocracy but, it’s not

Question

a.

Ralf Dahrendorf

b.

Thorstein Veblen

c.

Melvin Tumin

d.

Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore

Answer 1

A definition of meritocracy might help find the answer to this question. Meritocracy is a system that fosters and rewards personal effort, ability, and talent through competition to determine social standing (retrieved July 18, 2021, from https://sociologydictionary.org/meritocracy/#definition_of_meritocracy). Michael Young coined this word in 1958 in an essay titled "The Rise of the Meritocracy, 1870–2033: An Essay on Education and Equality.

Remember that social stratification is a theory based on the ranking of power, prestige, wealth, caste, class, and race-ethnicity.

A. Ralf Dahrendorf ideas- a theory related to class conflict and authoritarian powers that caused more class stratification. If this concept seems familiar, look at what Weber (1922) and Marx (11845, 848) stated regarding class stratification and conflict.

B. Thorstein Veblen's theory is that wealth (pursuit of) creates a social-leisure class engaged in conspicuous consumption (1899). Again ideas about class stratification and eventual conflicts as discussed in point A above.

C. Melvin Tumin's theories related to race and social stratification were functional in society (1953, 1967).

D. Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore's theory suggest that social stratification is a necessary functional mechanism in society (1945). Maybe??.