Stratification :: social division and inequality /

Offering a fresh and exciting new perspective on differentiation and inequality, this absorbing book investigates how our most personal choices (of sexual partners, friends, consumption items and lifestyle) are influenced by hierarchy and social difference. Exploring the topics of assortative mating...

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1. Verfasser: Bottero, Wendy, 1965-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
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Zusammenfassung:Offering a fresh and exciting new perspective on differentiation and inequality, this absorbing book investigates how our most personal choices (of sexual partners, friends, consumption items and lifestyle) are influenced by hierarchy and social difference. Exploring the topics of assortative mating; social capital; friendship networks and cultural identity; the book examines how hierarchy affects our tastes and leisure time activities, and who we choose (and hang on to) as our friends and partners. This book:* introduces debates on stratification by exploring its effect on everyday.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (vi, 283 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-275) and index.
ISBN:0203339363
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