10 Questions
What are some subjects and institutions sociology has expanded its focus to?
Health, economy, military, punishment
How have social scientific methods evolved?
Expanded to include qualitative and quantitative techniques
What techniques have risen in the 21st century?
Analytically, mathematically, and computationally rigorous techniques
What turns have influenced the analysis of society?
Linguistic and cultural turns of the mid-20th century
What is the interplay that affects all spheres of human activity according to sociology?
Interplay between social structure and individual agency
What does social stratification refer to?
Categorization of people based on socioeconomic factors
In modern Western societies, how many main social classes are typically defined?
Three
What determines a person's social stratum according to the text?
The degree of social inequality
In what types of societies does the categorization of people by social stratum occur most clearly?
Complex state-based, polycentric, or feudal societies
What can a social stratum be formed upon according to the text?
Kinship, clan, tribe, or caste
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