What is the social stratification
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✒ Social stratification can be defined as the existence of structured inequalities between groups in society, in terms of their access to material or symbolic rewards.
✒ This means that the societies are based upon a hierarchy in which the individuals are differentiated amongst each other.
✒ Division exist in society based on class, caste, religion, community, gender and tribe.
✒ Thus, stratification is based on a certain pattern of inequality which is linked to the membership in different kinds of social groups.
✒ There are three basic forms of advantages that the individuals in higher strata enjoy. These are:
→ Life Chances
→ Social Status
→ Political Influence.
It is a method of dividing people into different strata and then assigning different roles and status in the society is called as social stratification.