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Analyze critically the functional theory of social stratification.

  • UPSC 1999
  • Stratification and Mobility

The functional theory treats stratification as a structural arrangement that meets society's needs. It has two main strands: Talcott Parsons's value-based account and the role-allocation account of Kingsley Davis and Wilbert E. Moore. A critical analysis must separate what the theory explains well from what it assumes.

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