... the term used to describe systematic structures of inequality. In pre-industrial or traditional societies, inequalities and thus social stratification were widely held to be natural. Aristotle stated that 'by nature' there were free men and slaves, yet if inequalities are natural, Crompton suggests there be no need to explain them. The ... . The support of these 'new social movements' cuts across the boundaries of class and contributes further to the weakening of old class politics and class based political action. The question of women and feminism also erodes away at the support of cla...

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