Sociology / Unit 6 Soc 0860 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Conflict Theory on Stratification
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The idea
Conflict theorists argue stratification persists because those advantaged by it control the rules that reproduce it, from inheritance law to schooling.
In practice
The arrangements determining who inherits and who is credentialed were themselves decided by someone.
Where people slip
The claim concerns the reproduction of advantage rather than the motives of any individual.
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