Comparing Social Stratification Schemas: CAMSIS, CSP-CH, Goldthorpe, ISCO-88, Treiman, and Wright

Science Foundation (grant number 5004-58473). We would like to thank Bob Blackburn and Véronique Mottier for their comments on an earlier draft of this paper. A very special vote of thanks must go to Paul Lambert for the 8 single-spaced pages of highly relevant and incisive comments, some of which will have to wait for another article. Abstract The purpose of this article is to inform researchers in the social and political sciences about the main social stratification scales in use today. Six stratification schemas are described in this text: the Cambridge Social Interaction and Stratification Scale Classification of Occupations (ISCO-88), Donald J. Treiman's prestige scale, and Erik Olin Wright's class structure. Their theoretical backgrounds and assumptions are discussed, as are their structural and methodological aspects. General problems of contemporary stratification research are covered, and suggestions for future research directions within this field are proposed.