Understanding Human Society 1
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Statement of Standards 3
Guide to Learning and Teaching Pack 7
Introduction to the Unit and Learning and Teaching Approaches 8
Class stratification 9
Recommended reading and recommended websites for class stratification 10
Introduction to social stratification 11
Class stratification 15
Functionalist theory of class stratification 24
Summary of functionalism 29
Marxist theory of class stratification 33
Summary of Marxism 39
Weberian theory of class stratification ...