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inequality theory  

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  • Social inequality is the giving of privileges and obligations to one group of people while denying them to another. Inequality theory is a system in which groups of people are divided into layers according to their relative power, prestige, and property. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Inequality Theory]

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