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Social Stratification

Notes • The rural poor have a tendency to migrate to the urban centres, and thereby adds to urban
unemployment or underemployment, and to the problems of housing, electricity, water and
sanitation. Squatters, chawls, jhuggi-jhonpadis and jhonpadpatis are the common names for
dwellings of the urban poor.

2.5 Key-Words

1. Dichotomy : If there is a dichotomy between two things there is a very great difference
between them.
2. Ubiquity : If you talk about the ubiquity of something, you mean that it seems to be
everywhere.

2.6 Review Questions

1. Discuss the basic concepts of stratification.
2. Write a short note on equality and inequality to stratification.
3. Explain the hierarchy and social exclusions to stratification.
4. Discuss the views of Louis Dumont on Hierarchy
Answers: Self–Assessment
1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (a)

2.7 Further Readings

1. Sharma, K.L., 2010 : Perspectives on Social Stratification, Rawat Publication.
2. Sharma, K.L., 2010 : Social Stratification & Mobility, Rawat Publication.
3. Hasnain, Nadeem, 2011 : Indian Society and Culture Continuity and Change,
Jawahar Publishers and Distributors.

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