Stratification describes the way in which different groups of people are placed within society. This usually plays out in ethinic makeup, wealth, gender, political party, etc. Max Weber, the German sociologist, developed a three compenet theory of stratification based of class, status and party as distinct ideal types which reflects the relationship betwee wealth, prestige and power. Weber believed that an individuals power was evidenced in the economic order through their class, in the social order through their status, and in the political order through their party.
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