Practice mode Social Stratification

According to Erik Olin Wright, why are some class locations contradictory?

Correct answer C. They share features of the positions above and below them

Explanation

Wright argued that managers and supervisors, for example, share features of both capitalists (control over others) and workers (selling their labour), so their positions are contradictory.

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