The higher you are in the social hierarchy, the wider the access.

This office gave him a high standing in the social hierarchy and a sense of independence.

The film is set against the strict social hierarchy of an American public high school.

What is its place in the social hierarchy of knowledge?

There is a clear social hierarchy in the society and the school.

These two factors act together to create and reproduce social hierarchy.

Some criteria used have been age, social hierarchy, or where they came from.

Who could fill the job from our informal American social hierarchy?

The issue of social hierarchy in schools has been ignored for too long.

It also served to remind women where they stood in the social hierarchy.