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social differentiation  

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  • This denotes the division of an institutional activity into more specialised parts. Structural differentiation is perhaps a clearer way of expressing this idea because what is at stake is not people but realms of activity. [Source: The SAGE Dictionary of Sociology; Social Differentiation]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/social_differentiation

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