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stratification  

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  • Stratification describes the differential arrangement of persons or positions within a society. The term can also be used to refer to the hierarchical ordering of societies or other macrolevel entities.Many of the founding fathers of sociology were interested in issues of stratification. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Theory; Stratification]

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