
Stratification
Social Division and Inequality
Wendy Bottero(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 23. December 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
292 pages
978-0-415-28179-9 (ISBN)
Description
Offering a fresh and exciting new perspective on differentiation and inequality, this absorbing book investigates how our most personal choices (of sexual partners, friends, consumption items and lifestyle) are influenced by hierarchy and social difference. Exploring the topics of assortative mating; social capital; friendship networks and cultural identity; the book examines how hierarchy affects our tastes and leisure time activities, and who we choose (and hang on to) as our friends and partners. This book:
* introduces debates on stratification by exploring its effect on everyday social relations
* relates class inequalities to broader processes of social division and cultural differentiation, exploring the associational and cultural aspects of hierarchy
* explores how groups draw on social, economic and cultural resources, using cultural 'cues', to admit some and exclude others from their social circle
* explores new theoretical approaches to stratification: drawing on cultural theories of class, social interaction approaches, and research on differential association
The book has a novel and fresh new way of looking at a well-established area in sociology - social stratification.
* introduces debates on stratification by exploring its effect on everyday social relations
* relates class inequalities to broader processes of social division and cultural differentiation, exploring the associational and cultural aspects of hierarchy
* explores how groups draw on social, economic and cultural resources, using cultural 'cues', to admit some and exclude others from their social circle
* explores new theoretical approaches to stratification: drawing on cultural theories of class, social interaction approaches, and research on differential association
The book has a novel and fresh new way of looking at a well-established area in sociology - social stratification.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
8 s/w Zeichnungen, 5 s/w Tabellen
5 Tables, black and white; 8 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
447 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-28179-9 (9780415281799)
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Person
Wendy Bottero is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Southampton.
Content
1. Introduction 2. Images of Inequality 3. Founding Ideas 4. Sins of the Fathers 5. Name, Rank and Number 6. Race and Ethnicity 7. Gender 8. Fragmentation, Culture and Anarchy 9. Social Space 10. Someone Like Me 11. Hierarchy Makes You Sick 12. Movements in Space 13. Us and Them 14. Conclusion