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Discuss the Davis- Moore thesis. How did Melvin Tumin challenge the Davis-Moore thesis?

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In 1953, Tumin challenged the Davis–Moore hypothesis of social stratification with his paper "Some principles of stratification: a critical analysis". Tumin took Davis–Moore to imply that social stratification was mostly inevitable and provided a positive function for society.

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