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Davis and Moore made it clear that social stratification is a functional necessity and also an unconscious device. Discuss.

  • UPSC 2019
  • Stratification and Mobility

In "Some Principles of Stratification" (1945), Kingsley Davis and Wilbert E. Moore set out to explain "the universal necessity which calls forth stratification in any social system". They called inequality an unconsciously evolved device for filling important positions with qualified people. The two phrases carry different claims and invite different criticisms.

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  • "Functional necessity"
  • "Unconscious device"
  • Limits of both claims
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