D'Souza, Victor S. <br/><br/>
Inequality and its perpetuation: a theory of social stratification 

 - New Delhi  Manohar  1981 
 - 190p. 
<br/><br/> This book deals with a new<br/>theory of social stratification<br/>based on a critique of the existing<br/>ones. It supplies what is lacking<br/>in other works on the same<br/>theme-a clear description of<br/>the aspect of the reality dealt<br/>with, a theoretical framework<br/>with deductively related<br/>propositions to explain it, and a<br/>testing of hypotheses deduced<br/>from theory-and represents the<br/>first attempt at combining<br/>theoretical formulation withn<br/>empirical verification in the<br/>treatment of the complex<br/>problem of social inequalities.<br/>Among the three major aspects<br/>of inequalities namely, social<br/>differentiation, social hierarchy<br/>and their intergenerational<br/>perpetuation, the nevw theory<br/>focuses on the last aspect and<br/>specifies conditions under wvhich<br/>inequalities tend to be<br/>perpetuated.<br/>theories are found wanting<br/>inasmuch as they fail to pinpoint<br/>the aspect of inequalities under<br/>consideration as in the case of<br/>The existing<br/>functional theories, neglect the<br/>cultural snd psychological<br/>dimensions of the problem as in<br/>the case of the Marxian theory of<br/>class, or use unscientific ideas as<br/>in the case of the theories of<br/>caste. With a refinement of the<br/>Concepts of class and caste it is<br/>shown that both these concepts 
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