The concept of structure refers to different NAT-Kah a set of interrelated parts that form the internal structure of any object. Structuralist includes various social community groups interacting. The position of the individual in social structure characterizes the notion of social status. Different social statuses are divided into two main types:
1. prescribed
2. achieved
Under stratification refers to stratification of society into hierarchically located group. The basis of this stratification forms the unequal distribution between social groups of wealth, power and other resources. Social stratification has existed in one form or another in different historical periods, in all societies, with the exception of a simple primitive although the forms of social stratification could change over time.
The study of stratification in sociology of the twentieth century was influenced by the ideas of Marx Weber . . Weber considered in his works, the three basic parameters of stratification: economic wealth, social prestige and political power. According to Weber, these three parameters were relatively independent from each other and the possession of any of these resources does not result in automatic possession of the other two. For example, according to Weber, the wealth did not bring with them immediate prestige and power, but in the long run it might be the means of achieving them. On the basis of his concept of stratification, Weber singled out three types of social groups:
1. classes
2. status group
3. party
different sociologists give different explanations to the causes of social inequality, and hence social stratification. So, saglanmaktad school of sociology, based on inequality legitimnosti of ownership, the nature, extent and form of the ownership of the means of production. According to the functionalists (K. Davis, W. Moore), the distribution of individuals on social statesabout the importance of their professional activities and contributions they make for their work in achieving the objectives of the society. Proponents of exchange theory (John. Humans) believe that inequality in society arises precisemeasurements sharing the results of human activity.
A number of the classics of sociology more broadly addressed the issue of stratification. For example, Weber, in addition to economic(related to property and income), suggested that in addition to such criteria, exotically prestige (inherited and acquired status), and affiliation to certain political circles, hence the power, authority and influence.