sociology
type: Concept
narrower: social stratification

social class
type: Concept
broader: social stratification

social structures
type: Concept
narrower: social stratification

poverty and social class
type: Concept
narrower: social stratification

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: social stratification

social stratification
narrower: social discrimination
narrower: social differentiation
narrower: social hierarchy
narrower: social class
broader: sociology
broader: poverty and social class
broader: political economy
broader: social structures
definition: Social stratification refers to the positions held by individuals and groups in the structures of inequality existing in a society. Specifically, it denotes the classification of individuals and groups into different categories on the basis of the amount of one or more privileges enjoyed by the members of each category and/or the intensity of power that they are able to exert over other people. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Social Stratification]
type: Concept

social hierarchy
type: Concept
broader: social stratification

social discrimination
type: Concept
broader: social stratification

social differentiation
type: Concept
broader: social stratification

political economy
type: Concept
narrower: social stratification