... the important factors within the persons life, including access to important resources and life chances. Social Stratification is a form of social inequality which is based around the hierarchial ranking of status positions within society. Class is one of the types of social stratification within societies, and is based on a persons economic position. In this essay ... class, but this can be lost easily. also something in edgar book Conclusion status attribute - people can be grouped together because they share a number of valued attributes which Weber (1978) suggested represented socia...

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... claim to "facts and "truths". While indigenous knowledge (IK) is valued by the people of its community, scientific knowledge (SK) has a broader following and demands a higher status to that of IK. Knowledge is cumulative and provisional, and both paradigms have had cause to adapt their knowledge systems to suit changing circumstances. The direction of SK has changed ... knowledge systems and lay claim to differing "facts" and "truths". SK is described as the search for universal causal laws and truths. It has received dominant knowledge status because it is written, transmitted through e...

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