They come from long histories of racism, classism, a society based on race and class stratification.

And without government intervention, they generate an iterative cycle of both stratification and inequality.

Nine days after Vemula’s death, India celebrated the 66th anniversary of the adoption of its constitution, which sought to combat the country’s rigid social stratification with the world’s first and most comprehensive affirmative-action program.

As part of our study, we shared data on social stratification in Europe and America with our participants.

Or do they work best if used after selection, as stratification criteria for assessing the differences in response to therapy in drug trials in early AD?Would biomarker criteria identify patients with relatively more severe disease and less responsiveness to therapy?

The link between low growth and the importance of inheritance, Piketty argues, was not coincidental: with inherited wealth yielding 2-3% a year and new investment only 1%, social mobility was extremely limited and stratification was encouraged.

It is dangerous to ignore systemic patterns of social discrimination and stratification, powerful commercial forces, and historical experience.

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