Social stratification : the forms and functions of inequality /
Tumin, Melvin M.
Social stratification : the forms and functions of inequality / Melvin M. Tumin. - 2nd ed. - Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall, c1985. - x, 166 p. 23 cm. - Prentice-Hall foundations of modern sociology series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Social stratification: five basic characteristics --
Historical and contemporary thought and theory --
How societies generate stratification: differentiation and ranking of statuses --
How societies generate stratification: assessing the social importance of statuses --
How societies generate stratification: differential rewarding of statuses --
Basic elements and processes: variations in systems of stratification --
Property: concepts, measurements, and problems --
Prestige and honor: concepts, measurements, and problems --
Power: concepts, measurements, and problems --
The depth of inequality in property, prestige, power, and education --
The span of consequences: life chances and institutional patterns --
The span of consequences: life styles and beliefs, ideologies, and attitudes --
The shape of stratification systems: from aggregates to classes --
Socioeconomic mobility: concepts, measures, trends --
Some theoretical problems.
0138186596
Social classes.
Social stratification.
Equality.
305 / TUM/S
Social stratification : the forms and functions of inequality / Melvin M. Tumin. - 2nd ed. - Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall, c1985. - x, 166 p. 23 cm. - Prentice-Hall foundations of modern sociology series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Social stratification: five basic characteristics --
Historical and contemporary thought and theory --
How societies generate stratification: differentiation and ranking of statuses --
How societies generate stratification: assessing the social importance of statuses --
How societies generate stratification: differential rewarding of statuses --
Basic elements and processes: variations in systems of stratification --
Property: concepts, measurements, and problems --
Prestige and honor: concepts, measurements, and problems --
Power: concepts, measurements, and problems --
The depth of inequality in property, prestige, power, and education --
The span of consequences: life chances and institutional patterns --
The span of consequences: life styles and beliefs, ideologies, and attitudes --
The shape of stratification systems: from aggregates to classes --
Socioeconomic mobility: concepts, measures, trends --
Some theoretical problems.
0138186596
Social classes.
Social stratification.
Equality.
305 / TUM/S