Social class refers to the hierarchical distinctions (or stratification) between individuals or groups in societies or cultures. Usually individuals are grouped into classes based ...

lass is a complex term, in use since the late eighteenth century, and employed in many different ways. In our context classes are the more or less distinct social groupings which ...

Social Class Since prehistory, all societies have perceived hierarchy among their members. Leaders and followers, strong and weak, rich and poor:

The Arithmetic of Inequality. Jimmy is a second grader. He pays attention in school, and he enjoys it. School records show that he is reading slightly above grade level and has ...

The grouping of people together and according them status within society according to the groups they belong to, is as old as society itself.