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SOCIAL STRATIFICATION Stratification is a social process which divides the society in a hierarchical order, where some strata are ranked higher than the other. Stratification is based on social inequalities: Inherent inequalities and the functional view. Inherent Inequalities: Some persons are thoug...

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SOCIAL STRATIFICATION : Inherent inequalities and the functional view. According to Aristotle, some people are naturally free and others are not, so they have to act as slaves.

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According to him, , an American Sociologist emphasized . According to Davis, in a society,

In every society, role allocation and performance of all roles have to be done. This means: 1. 2. 3. 4.

All roles are to be filled. They must be filled by those best persons who are able to perform them. The necessary training for them must be undertaken. Roles must be performed conscientiously.

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, there being no other position .

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They regard two major groups- a

In all stratified societies, according to Marx, there are .

Criticism: 1. He etc. 2. Marxism

He defines a Thus, in Weber’s terminology, a person’s ‘ . Like Marx, Weber argues that the major class division is between those who owns the forces of production and those who do not. Those who own the FOP have better life chances and are thus given higher position in the society.

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According to Weber, A status group is made up of individuals who are awarded similar amount of social honour by the society. According to Weber, Status group can also cut across class division. . Just as status group can both divide classes and cut across class boundaries, there is another term ‘Party’. Weber defines,

Dr. Ghurye has given following characteristics of Caste System:...