Sociology I · 10 marks · 150 words

Discuss the relationship between poverty and social exclusion.

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Syllabus: Stratification and Mobility: (a) Concepts- equality, inequality, hierarchy, exclusion, poverty and deprivation. (b) Theories of social stratification- Structural functionalist theory, Marxist theory, Weberian theory. (c) Dimensions – Social stratification of class, status groups, gender, ethnicity and race. (d) Social mobility- open and closed systems, types of mobility, sources and causes of mobility.

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Saurabh SharmaAIR 23 · CSE 2023 · 34 wordsTheir whole copy

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Poverty refers to the absence of basic needs for living a decent life such as absence of clothing, shelter, food.

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Poverty as a concept has been evolving with advent of ideas of multidimensional poverty.

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