The word "homogeneous" in the first line of paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.

A．The conception of the political institutions.
B．The difference between conflict and functional theorists.
C．The different positions the people stand in the racial order.
D．The development of political institutions.

A．To protect the society from internal threats.
B．To allocate resources of the society.
C．To insure order in the society.
D．To resolve conflicts within the society.