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Social class

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It is essential that you have sound knowledge and understanding of the concept of social class, as it is relevant to all topics in sociology.

Social class is one way of putting the people of a society — in this case, the UK — into different groups. However, how do you decide how many groups there should be, and who goes into which group? There are different answers to these questions, so in any discussion of social class it is important to know which classification is being used.

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