Home›Subcategories›Stratification SystemsSubcategoriesStratification Systems23 of 131 entries in Institutions and Social Structures. Click any to see everything it connects to.Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextSociety and Culture Atlas. "Stratification Systems." Accessed September 4, 2026. https://society.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/institution/stratification-systems.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextSociety and Culture Atlas. (n.d.). Stratification Systems. Retrieved September 4, 2026, from https://society.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/institution/stratification-systemsCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{societyandcultureatlas-stratification-systems, author = {Society and Culture Atlas}, title = {Stratification Systems}, year = {2026}, url = {https://society.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/institution/stratification-systems}, note = {Accessed September 4, 2026} }Copy BibTeXInstitutionalized systems that rank people into unequal social strata with unequal access to wealth, power or status, including caste systems, patriarchy and matriarchy as gendered stratification, meritocracy as an ideology of stratification by achievement, serfdom and slavery as coerced-labor stratification, and social class stratification generally. Belongs here: any named system that institutionally sorts a population into unequal ranked strata. Does not belong here: the formal governing apparatus that a stratification system may rely on for enforcement, grouped under Political and Legal Institutions.Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)BrowseCompareSelect all 23AlmshouseStratification Systems1 linkApartheidStratification Systems1 linkStepped Stratified BarsCaste SystemStratification Systems5 linksCompany TownStratification Systems1 linkConvict LeasingStratification Systems1 linkDebt PeonageStratification Systems1 linkEstates of the RealmStratification Systems1 linkFour OccupationsStratification Systems1 linkGuest Worker ProgramStratification Systems1 linkHelotryStratification Systems1 linkJajmani SystemStratification Systems1 linkMatriarchyStratification Systems3 linksMeritocracyStratification Systems4 linksMibunsei (Edo-Period Japanese Status System)Stratification Systems1 linkOttoman Millet SystemStratification Systems1 linkPatriarchyStratification Systems5 linksPeerageStratification Systems1 linkPrison SystemStratification Systems1 linkSerfdomStratification Systems2 linksSistema de CastasStratification Systems1 linkSlaveryStratification Systems5 linksSocial Class StratificationStratification Systems6 linksVarna SystemStratification Systems1 linkComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year