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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Examine gender, ethnicity and race as major dimensions of social stratification.

  • UPSC 2017
  • Stratification and Mobility

Karl Marx reduced stratification to class, while Max Weber added status and party. Since the 1970s sociologists have argued that gender, ethnicity and race are dimensions in their own right rather than by-products of class. To examine this claim, each needs testing against four criteria of stratification: ranked categories, unequal distribution of wealth, power and…

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  • Gender
  • Race
  • Ethnicity
  • Comparative view
  • Evaluation
  • Conclusion

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