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An open class system is a stratification system that facilitates social mobility, with individual achievement and personal merit determining social rank. <ref>Phillip, Conrad. Windows on Humanity: A Concise Introduction to Anthropology. University of Michigan Press, 2007. Chapter 17, page 398. [http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0073530913/327076/kottak_woh2e_frontmatter.pdf Full book download (PDF)]</ref>
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Definition

An open class system is a stratification system that facilitates social mobility, with individual achievement and personal merit determining social rank. [1]

  1. Phillip, Conrad. Windows on Humanity: A Concise Introduction to Anthropology. University of Michigan Press, 2007. Chapter 17, page 398. Full book download (PDF)