In this article we will discuss about Social Stratification:- 1. Meaning of Social Stratification 2. Characteristics of Social Stratification 3. Dimensions. Meaning of Social Stratification: In addition to the aforesaid phenomena of social inequality, there is another type of social inequality which is sociologically more important. These are horizontal divisions of society into various social strata, each stratum marked by [...]
The following points highlight the top three approaches towards stratification. The approaches are: 1. Marxian Approach to Stratification 2. Weberian Approach to Stratification 3. Functionalist Approach to Stratification. 1. Marxian Approach to Stratification: The term social class is used in different ways by different writers. It would be difficult to incorporate in a single definition all the elements which appear [...]
Stratification structures may take various forms of which four are typical: 1. Slavery 2. Estates 3. Caste 4. Class. Stratification Structure: Form # 1. Slavery: Slavery is an age-old institution. It prevailed in its extreme form in ancient Greece and Rome and in the southern states of the U.S.A. in the eighteenth century and continued till the third quarter of [...]