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Spark Notes: Social Stratification and Inequality: Theories of Stratification HandoutSpark Notes: Social Stratification and Inequality: Theories of Stratification Handout
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9th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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1090L
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Spark Notes: Social Stratification and Inequality: Theories of Stratification

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The theories of social stratification put forward by Karl Marx and Max Weber are explained. The functionalist perspective of Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore is also described.

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karl marx

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conflict theory, functionalist perspective of social stratification, max weber, sparknotes: social stratification and inequality: theories of stratification, social stratification

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