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Conflict Theory on Stratification

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Conflict theorists argue stratification persists because those advantaged by it control the rules that reproduce it, from inheritance law to schooling.

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The arrangements determining who inherits and who is credentialed were themselves decided by someone.

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The claim concerns the reproduction of advantage rather than the motives of any individual.