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The 16th volume in a series on advances in stratification research. Topics addressed include: the changing international context of social stratification; race, immigration and life chances; and the distinctiveness of independent business as a locus of social stratification. ... Read more

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This is volume 15 of a series which aims to provide details of advances in stratification research from various, international, points of view. ... Read more

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Contemporary Japanese society is often regarded as an enigma in the West because of its miraculous economic growth and the unparalleled stability of its socio-political structure.Yet until now, there have been very few works available in English which are concerned with stratification and class perceptions in contemporary Japan.This study is both empirical and theoretical, with the sociological perspective serving as the underlying framework. A succinct historical overview is provided for those unfamiliar with modern Japanese history. ... Read more

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A study focusing on early prehistoric Europe and modern ethnographic accounts. (BAR -S413, 1988) ... Read more

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Bringing together findings from a variety of social sciences disciplines and drawing upon a wide range of contemporary studies and analyses, Social Stratification provides a detailed overview of structural and cultural changes in contemporary Indian society. Author K. L. Sharma develops a holistic understanding that sees categories such as caste and class, caste and power, power and class, structure and culture, and structure and processes as interacting components, both conceptually and empirically. Of special interest, this book analyzes social stratification among weaker components of society and women within a comparative framework. Social Stratification builds toward the postulation of a desirable/desired society, keeping in view the historical and contemporary nature of social stratification and mobility.Students, academics, and researchers in the fields of sociology, social stratification, social change, cultural studies, and South Asian studies will want to read Social Stratification for its innovative approach to analyzing social stratification in India. ... Read more

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The essays in this collection, on stratification, organization and the discipline of sociology, all bear upon a general theoretical question: what models of rationality are necessary or suitable to explain individual and collective action in institutional contexts? Professor Stinchcombe was one of the first sociologists to write on this question; and this collection includes a new essay which takes account of recent work done in the tradition Stinchcombe did much to institute. The first group of essays - on class, stratification and mobility - addresses core problems of the discipline and offers imaginative conceptualizations with interesting empirical consequences. The second section - essays on the sociology of organizations - displays, like the first, Stinchcombe's wide knowledge of sociological traditions from structuralism to Marxism. The final section, 'comments on the discipline', deepens the readers understanding of sociological theorizing by presenting different modes of analysis of universities and research institutions and providing challenging, and often funny, insights into the subject. ... Read more

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This is the first book devoted exclusively to the study of social stratification from a biosocial perspective. The biosocial perspective explicitly assumes that both biological and social environmental factors are important for explaining behavior, including behavior surrounding the formation of hierarchies and unequal distribution of resources. In a variety of ways the contributors to this volume address the issue of how biological factors may interact with social experiences to affect social stratification. ... Read more

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This volume revolves around the textual analysis of the Weberian thesis that "classes, status groups and parties are phenomena of the distribution of power within a community". An internal reconstruction of Weber's own ideas on what is called social stratification in contemporary sociological discourse is undertaken. The reason for this reconstruction inheres in the fact that Weber's thought (especially, in the field of social stratification) has been modified and misappropriated to such an extent that Weber himself is usually lost in the commentaries. Moreover, this reconstruction is a single account teasing out the analytic structure underlying Weber's statements on the nature of social inequality in various societies. ... Read more