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BASIC

PRINCIPLES
OF SOCIAL
STRATIFICATI
ON
Four Basic Principles of
Social Stratification:

• It is a characteristic of
society, not simply a
reflection of individual
differences.
• It persists over generations.
• It is universal but variable.
• It involves not just inequality
but beliefs.
• It is the characteristic of the
society neither rich nor
poor people create society,
but they system.
Caste
System
DIVINE
RIGHT
THEORY
Economic
Theory
• It persists over the
generation
• It is
univer
sal
but
viable
from
one
societ
y to
anoth
er.
• It involves not only
inequality but
beliefs

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