Class: Critical Concepts, Volume 2John Scott Taylor & Francis, 1996 - 1348 pages Class and status are both foundational themes in the study of sociology. John Scott brings together the central theoretical contributions to the debate on class and status as aspects of stratification. Using a selection of seminal pieces and commentaries on the classics, it raises central issues, for example the distinction between class and status, which are then examined by leading authorities. |
Contents
A Case of Intellectual | 3 |
In Defence of | 25 |
Gender and the Rise and Fall of Class Politics Nicky Hart | 69 |
Class Theory and Gender Rosemary Crompton | 100 |
An Analytical Approach to the Theory of Social | 125 |
A Revised Analytical Approach to the Theory of Social | 142 |
Equality and Inequality in Modern Society or Social | 187 |
An Analysis and Critique | 246 |
Rewards and Taskorientations Melvin M Tumin | 291 |
A Modification of the Functional Theory of Social Stratification Richard L Simpson | 299 |
Social Stratification and the Functional Theory of Social Differentiation Walter Buckley | 309 |
A Reply to Dr Buckley Kingsley Davis | 320 |
Some Neglected Considerations Dennis H Wrong | 324 |
Some Notes on the Functional Theory of Stratification Włodzimierz Wesołowski | 340 |
But Some Are More Equal Than Others Wilbert E Moore | 351 |
On Inequality Melvin M Tumin | 359 |
Some Principles of Stratification Kingsley Davis | 259 |
A Critical Analysis | 271 |
Reply to Tumin Kingsley Davis | 283 |
Comment on Tumin Wilbert E Moore | 290 |
On Equitable Inequality Walter Buckley | 371 |
Two Decades of Controversy George A Huaco | 376 |
Dissensus and the Stability of Social Systems Harold J Bershady | 400 |
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