Social Stratification - Theories

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Sociology: - Social Stratification

POST-CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY THEORIES OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY

Class-Based Theories:

"Syntheses" of Marxian, Weberian, Structural-Functional Views

1. Ralf Dahrendorf

2. Gerhard Lenski

"Neo-Marxist"

1. Nicos Poulantzas

2. Erik Olin Wright

"Neo-Weberian"

1. Frank Parkin

2. Anthony Giddens

Non-Class-Based Theories:

Gender-Based Inequality

Race-Ethnicity, Religious, Language: Primordial Group Inequality

Culture-, Education-Based Inequality

Rational Choice ( also: Local Justice) Inequality

GENDER INEQUALITY

I. "Domestic" and General Inequality:

A. Material well-being, entitlement to and control of material rewards and resources

B. Safety and Security

C. Participation in society, social groups, power, influence - in nuclear and extended families, communities

D. Autonomy, self-determination, control of self, body

E. Control of others

F. Education, information

G. Symbolic rewards, resources; prestige, honor

II. "Public" and Labor Markety Inequality

A. Knowledge, information, graining

B. Occupational qualifications, attainment

C. Job seniority, career advancement

D. Earning and Income

E. Authority, autonomy, managerial opportunity vs. subordination,

Supervision

III. Factors, Causes, Explanations, Issues

A. Structural-Functional Analysis: Role Differentiation