Social Class
- Resource Type
- Topic overview
- Authors
- Albright, Karen
- Source
- Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development. 2009, v. 2, p412-416.
- Subject
- Social structure
Capitalism
Human developmental stages
Caste
Marxist sociology
Social class
Social stratification
- Language
- English
Social Class Most societies employ some system of hierarchical ranking, whether explicit or implicit, to make distinctions among their members. In stratified societies, individuals who occupy similar positions in the [...]