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Elucidate the basic premises of Davis’ structural-functional theory of social stratification. How far is it relevant in understanding contemporary Indian society?

  • UPSC 2016
  • Stratification and Mobility

Kingsley Davis, writing with Wilbert E. Moore in "Some Principles of Stratification" (American Sociological Review, 1945), gave the classic functionalist answer to why inequality is found everywhere. In India, where achievement-based class and birth-based caste coexist, the theory works as a partial lens.

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  • Basic premises
  • Where the theory helps in India
  • Where it fails
  • Conclusion

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