Societies have always had their hierarchies, with some group perched at the top.
社会一直都有等级制度,有些群体居于顶端。
In the classic, more widely accepted alternative ultimately derived from Weberian sociology, hierarchies of causes are treated as historically specific.
在经典的、更被广泛接受的、最终源自韦伯社会学的替代理论中,原因的等级被视为历史上特定的。
In modern companies and democracies, power is increasingly diffused and traditional hierarchies are being undermined, making soft power ever more important.