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Systems of Stratification

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Stratification systems are classified by how position is assigned and whether it can change: closed systems fix position at birth, open systems permit movement.

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A society where occupation is inherited operates differently from one where it is applied for.

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No real society is purely open or purely closed; the terms mark ends of a range.