Social Stratification
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Social stratification is a society's arrangement of its members into a hierarchy of layers with unequal access to resources, power, and prestige.
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Two people born in the same country begin with different housing, schooling, safety, and expected lifespan.
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Stratification is a property of the society, not a ranking of the individuals inside it.
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- 0822 "Stratification Reflects Individual Merit"
- 0824 Systems of Stratification
- 0835 "The United States Is a Classless Society"
- 0857 The Davis-Moore Thesis
- 0860 Conflict Theory on Stratification
- 0862 Symbolic Interactionism on Stratification
- 0866 Global Stratification
- 0890 Two Households
- 1046 Majority and Minority Groups
- 1115 Gerontology
- 1148 Age Stratification Theory
- 1906 A School Sorts Its Students: Method, Stratification, and Credentialing
- 1946 Three Generations: A Family Across the Whole Course