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social inequality  

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  • Social inequality is used to describe the varying levels of group and individual access to resources and power in a given society. Social stratification is a closely related term, defined as the system of social inequality between various groups, within a fairly fixed hierarchical arrangement. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society; Social Inequality]

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