Briefly describe social stratification, specifying the influence of power on stratification systems. Social stratification is defined as “a system of structured inequality in which people receive different amounts of the resources valued by society.” (Marger, 2015, p. 29) To elaborate, “the unequal distribution of resources creates a system of stratification. A ranking order, or hierarchy, emerges in which people are grouped based on the amount of rewards they receive from society. Those at the top get most of what there is to get, and those at the bottom get the least.” (Marger, 2015, p. 27) “In simple terms, those at the top get more of what is valued because they are more powerful; they possess greater power resources in the form of wealth. Some groups who enter multiethnic societies as voluntary immigrants adopt this position for a time after their arrival and appeal to the dominant group to tolerate their differences. (Marger, 2015, p. 45) For example, when Indian women wear a sari in public, they stay true to what is important to Indian culture, but they also manage to conform to social norms in other ways, infiltrating society by entering in the world of work or by learning the dominant language, English. Interestingly, on the other end of the spectrum, “some groups may carry forward the pluralist idea, excluding themselves almost completely from broader cultural, economic and political systems. Some religious groups in the United States and Canada such as the Hutterites, Amish, and Hasidic Jews have chosen to segregate even if they were not necessarily rejected by the dominant group.” Therefore, as a result, these groups may limit their contacts with traditional factions in an effort to preserve their cultural identity. (Marger, 2015, p.