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.