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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Discuss the dimensions of power in the construction and maintenance of social hierarchies in a society.

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  • Stratification and Mobility

Differences of birth, sex, occupation or colour become a hierarchy only when some groups can attach unequal worth and reward to them and make that ranking stick. Max Weber defined power as the chance of realising one's will even against resistance (Economy and Society, 1922). Power is therefore both the builder and the guardian of…

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  • Dimensions that construct hierarchy
  • Dimensions that maintain hierarchy
  • Debate and limits
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