Question

Q2. Discuss major forms of
social stratification​

Answer 1

Sociologists generally distinguish four main types of social stratification - slavery, estate, caste and social class and status. In industrial societies there are both status groups and social classes.

Answer 2

Social stratification is a process in which social inequalities exist in the form of structural hierarchical strata, placed one above the other. According to Sutherland and Maxwell social stratification is defined as a process of differentiation that places some people higher than the others. Stratification is viewed as a social process as well as a method devised by sociologists to understand inequality in the society. It has four sub processes.

Sociologists generally distinguish four main types of social stratification - slavery, estate, caste and social class and status. In industrial societies there are both status groups and social classes.