HAS SOCIAL STRATIFICATION DEVELOPED IN THE LIGHT OF CHANGES WITHIN SOCIETY? Stratification describes the different “layers” that exist in society. These ‘layers’ are distinguished by unequal rewards and life chances. Sociologists view stratification as the classification of groups and the relationships that exist between them. The study of social stratification is the study of class, caste, privilege and status. According to the sociologist John Scott (1996, pg 1), at its most simple social stratification of a society …showed first 75 words of 2141 total…

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