BASIC PRINCIPLES OF

SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

Four Basic Principles of Social Stratification:

• It is a characteristic of society, not simply a reflection of individual differences.• It persists over generations.• It is universal but variable.• It involves not just inequality but

beliefs.

• It is the characteristic of the society neither rich nor poor people create society, but they system.

Caste System

DIVINE RIGHT THEORY

Economic Theory

• It persists over the generation

• It is universal but viable from one society to another.

• It involves not only inequality but beliefs