What is status as a form of inequality? -- Foundations for a cultural schema of status -- Why do we care about status? -- Status beliefs and the organization of inequality -- The micro-dynamics of status -- Status, difference, and the durability of inequality -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References --...

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1. Verfasser:	Ridgeway, Cecilia L. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York The Russell Sage Foundation [2019]
Schlagworte:	Soziale Ungleichheit Sozialstatus Social stratification Social status Equality Power (Social sciences)
Zusammenfassung:	What is status as a form of inequality? -- Foundations for a cultural schema of status -- Why do we care about status? -- Status beliefs and the organization of inequality -- The micro-dynamics of status -- Status, difference, and the durability of inequality -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index. "Status is ubiquitous in modern life, yet our understanding of its role as a basic driver of inequality is surprisingly limited. In Status, sociologist and social psychologist Cecilia Ridgeway examines how this ancient and universal form of inequality influences today's ostensibly meritocratic institutions and why it matters. Ridgeway illuminates the complex ways in which status arises when people work together towards common goals, such as in classroom discussions, family decisions, or workplace deliberations. Ridgeway's research on status has important implications for our understanding of social inequality. Distinct from power or wealth, status is prized because it provides affirmation from others and affords access to valuable resources. Ridgeway demonstrates how the conferral of status inevitably leads to differing life outcomes for individuals, with impacts on pay, wealth creation, and health and wellbeing. Status beliefs are widely held views about who is better in society than others in terms of esteem, wealth, or competence. These beliefs ultimately confer advantages which can exacerbate social inequality. Ridgeway notes that status advantages based on race, gender, and class, such as the belief that white men are more competent than others because of their race and gender, have the greatest consequences for inequality by affording greater social and economic opportunities. Ridgeway argues that status beliefs make lower status groups less likely to challenge the status quo and greatly enhance higher status groups' ability to maintain their advantages in resources and access to positions of power. She illustrates how many lower status people, when given a baseline level of dignity and respect - being seen, for example, as poor but hardworking - will accept their lower status.
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	204 Seiten
ISBN:	9780871547842