ARTICLE REVIEW

You are to (1) identify three different ways that we know that this article was written from a Functionalist Theoretical perspective or, in other words, three ways we know that the article supports the theory, then (2) show how the article is consistent with the writings of one of these: Durkheim, Merton, or Parsons. 

Functionalism: Herbert Gans, “The Poor Pay All”

On your browser, enter The Uses of Poverty: The Poor Pay All

Among others you will see [PDF] The Uses of Poverty: The Poor Pay All Semantic Scholar

Click on that, then click on View PDF, and there’s the four page article

Please do not summarize the article nor put an introduction. Just get straight to the point. Thanks