Dimensions - Social stratification of class, status groups, gender, ethnicity and race
Key points
- Class dimension
- Status groups
- Gender stratification
- Patriarchy
- Ethnicity and stratification
- Race and racial inequality
Previous year questions
Questions asked from this topic in UPSC Sociology Optional:
- Do you think that the boundary line between ethnicity and race is blurred? Justify your answer.
- Social stratification is claimed to contribute to the maintenance of social order and stability in society. Critically assess.
- Present a sociological review on the 'new middle-class'.
- Modernisation presupposes class society however, caste, ethnicity and race are still predominant. Explain.
- Differentiate between 'Life-chances 'and' Life-style 'with suitable examples.
- Why is gender a dimension of social stratification? How does gender intersect other dimensions of inequality based on caste, class, race and ethnicity?
- Examine gender, ethnicity and race as major dimensions of social stratification.
- What do you understand by gender? How does it shape 'male identity'?
- Analyse the gender bias in the present society with examples.