'''Social classes''' are [[economic]] or [[cultural]] arrangements of [[groups]] in [[society]]. Class is an essential object of [[analysis]] for [[sociologists]], [[political scientists]], economists, [[anthropologists]] and social historians. In the [[social sciences]], social class is often discussed in terms of 'social stratification'. In the modern [[Western]] [[context]], stratification typically comprises [[three]] layers: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_class upper class], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_class middle class], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_class lower class]. Each class may be further subdivided into smaller classes (e.g. occupational). | '''Social classes''' are [[economic]] or [[cultural]] arrangements of [[groups]] in [[society]]. Class is an essential object of [[analysis]] for [[sociologists]], [[political scientists]], economists, [[anthropologists]] and social historians. In the [[social sciences]], social class is often discussed in terms of 'social stratification'. In the modern [[Western]] [[context]], stratification typically comprises [[three]] layers: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_class upper class], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_class middle class], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_class lower class]. Each class may be further subdivided into smaller classes (e.g. occupational). |