Industrialization and Social Stratification*
- 1 April 1970
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Sociological Inquiry
- Vol. 40 (2) , 207-234
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-682x.1970.tb01009.x
Abstract
This paper reviews the current state of knowledge about the effects of industrialization upon systems of social stratification. Taking societies as the unit of observation, we consider the relationships between level of industrialization and (1) the distribution of status characteristics in the population (the structure of stratification); (2) the pattern of interrelations among status characteristics (the process of stratification); and (3) the form of linkages between status characteristics and other aspects of social behavior (the consequences of stratification). A set of propositions is specified, a few of which are empirically well established but most of which yet require empirical testing.Keywords
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