: Social Stratification . J. A. Jackson.

Jackson : Social and Economic Networks

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Social Stratification

The expression ‘social stratification’ refers to the positions held by individuals and groups in the structures of inequality existing in a society. Specifically, it denotes the classification of individuals and groups into different categories on the basis of the amount of one or more privileges enjoyed by the members of each category and/or the intensity of power that they are able to exert o...

Social Stratification

Consumer lifestyles: a social stratification perspective

Although a link between lifestyles and social class has long been acknowledged, marketers have more closely identified lifestyles with psychographics and therefore with psychological segmentation. We propose that the origins of lifestyle are more correctly reflected in Weber’s approach to status and that it can be viewed more appropriately as the most relevant form of social stratification for ...

Social Stratification and Social-Class Analysis

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