Social stratification
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In sociology, social stratification is the hierarchical arrangement of social classes, castes and strata within a society. While these hierarchies are not universal to all societies, they are the norm among state-level cultures (as distinguished from hunter-gatherers or other social arrangements).
According to Peter Saunders, in modern Western societies, stratification depends on social and economic classes comprising three main layers: upper class, middle class, and lower class. Each class is further subdivided into smaller classes related to occupation. The term stratification derives from the geological concept of strata, or rock layers created by natural processes.
See also
- Age stratification
- Caste system
- Capitalism
- Class stratification
- Action Theory
- Communism
- Egalitarianism
- Elite theory
- Elitism
- Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft
- Marxism
- Microinequity
- Pentagonal Revisionism
- Religious Stratification
- Right-wing politics
- Sexual field
- Split labor market theory
- Social and Economic Stratification in Appalachia
- Social class
- Social hierarchy
- Social inequality
- Socioeconomic status
- Structure and agency
- The Power Elite
- Theodor Geiger
- Wisconsin model
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