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| Introduction | |
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| Perspectives and Concepts in the Study of Social | |
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| Stratification Definitions and Concepts Social | |
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| Stratification Class Divisions and Social | |
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| Mobility Social Stratification in the Modern World System | |
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| The Organization of Chapters | |
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| Dimensions of Inequality in the United States | |
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| Class, Gender, and Race Income and Wealth | |
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| Inequality Income | |
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| Inequality Wealth | |
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| Inequality Inequality in Basic Necessities | |
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| Health Inequalities Unequal Political | |
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| Outputs Dimensions of Inequality | |
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| A Conclusion | |
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| Social Stratification in Human Societies | |
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| The History of Inequality Varieties of Human Stratification Systems Primitive | |
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| Communal Societies Slavery Caste Estate Class | |
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| The Emergence of Inequality and Social Stratification | |
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| Early Human Groups | |
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| The Neolithic Revolution Early Agrarian | |
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| Empires Late Agrarian Societies | |
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| The Fall of Feudalism and the Rise of Industrial Societies | |
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| The Reduction of Inequality with Industrial and Post-Industrial Societies | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The History of Inequality | |
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| Explanations of Social Stratification | |
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| Stratification Theories | |
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| Social Stratification Theory | |
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| Early Statements Competing Paradigms in the Study of Social Stratification | |
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| Stratification | |
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| The Marxian Heritage in Social Stratification: The Development of a Critical-Conflict | |
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| Paradigm On Understanding | |
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| Marx Basic Foundations of Marxian Theory | |
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| Concluding | |
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| Notes Max Weber: An Alternative | |
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| Conflict Paradigm Weber’s Paradigm | |
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| Assumptions Multidimensional View of | |
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| Stratification The Rise of Bureaucratic | |
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| Dominance An Uncritical-Order Paradigm | |
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| Matures: The Functional Theory of Emile | |
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| Durkheim The Division of Labor and Organic | |
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| Solidarity The Place of Class and Class | |
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| Conflict in Durkheim’s Perspective | |
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| The Classical Period of Sociological | |
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| Theory: A Summary | |
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| Modern Theories of Social | |
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| Stratification Views of Social | |
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| Stratification in America: Early Years | |
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| Functional Theories of Social | |
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| Stratification The Davis and Moore Theory | |
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| Parsons’ Functional Theory of Social | |
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| Stratification Studies of Occupational | |
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| Prestige Conflict Theories of Social | |
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| Stratification Modern Marxian Theory Power | |
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| Conflict Theories Modern World System | |
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| Theory The Bases of Class Stratification and Class Location | |
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| Occupational Structure | |
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| The Convergence of Occupation, Power, and Property on Class Stratification | |
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| A Note on Sociobiology Theories of Social Stratification | |
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| A Conclusion | |
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| The American Class Structure | |
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| The Upper Class Locating the Upper Class Upper-Class Dominance Today | |
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| The Upper Class as a Governing Class | |
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| Upper-Class Economic Power | |
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| Upper-Class Political Power | |
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| The Upper-Class: A Conclusion | |
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| The Corporate Class The Upper | |
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| Class as Ruling Class: A Critique | |
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| The Structure of Corporate | |
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| Concentration: Foundation for a Corporate Class Corporate | |
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| Size and Concentration Concentration of Stock Control | |
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| Interlocking Directorates and Economic Concentration | |
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| The Globalization of Corporate Power | |
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| The Inner Group of the Corporate Class | |
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| The Concentration of Economic and Political Power: So What | |
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| Functional Elite | |
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| Theory Critical Elite Theory | |
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| The Pluralist Response | |
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| The Corporate Class | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Middle and Working Classes | |
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| The Middle and Working Classes in the System of Social Stratification | |
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| The Middle Class and Working Class: Recent Historical Changes | |
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| The New Middle Class Stability and Change in the Working Class | |
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| The Changing Occupation Structure: The Shrinking Middle | |
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| Some Consequences of Class Position Income | |
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| Distribution by Class Conditions of Work | |
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| Class Subcultures and Lifestyles Middle-Class and Working-Class Positions in the Structures of | |