The word stratification comes from strata or layers, as in the way different rock are piled on top of one another to form rock strata. Social stratification refers to the divisions of society into a pattern of layers or strata made up of a hierarchy of social groups. ... Davis & Moore argue that stratification makes an important contribution to social order, and therefore inequality is seen as "beneficial, positive and necessary". ... Davis & Moore neglect these dysfunction's of stratification - for example reward possibly being due to unjust economic and political power, and that po...

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