| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 393 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Hierarchy and Science -- Causal Mechanisms -- The Moralistic Imperative -- The Neo-Marxist Hegemony -- Science versus Philosophy -- 2 A Hierarchical Animal -- The Universality of Hierarchy -- A Biological Imperative -- Functionalism versus Teleology -- Hierarchical Functions -- 3 The Mechanisms of Hierarchy -- From Neo-Marxist to Post-Weberian -- Tests of Strength -- Reputations -- Dominance and Submission -- Forms of Power -- Social Distance -- 4 A Profile of Relative Strengths |
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The Indeterminacy PrincipleAreas of Strength -- Anonymous Alliances -- 5 Hierarchical Changes -- Social Generalists -- Dimensions of Change -- Mechanisms of Change -- The Sequencing of Changes -- 6 Historical Trends -- A Succession of Historical Eras -- The Succession of Civilizations -- Social Leadership -- Status Strata -- Hierarchical Collapses -- 7 Bureaucracies and Professionalism -- Organizational Hierarchies -- Bureaucratic Organizations -- The Limitations of Bureaucracy -- Professionalism -- Bureaucracies versus Professionals |
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8 The Middle-Class AscendancyThe Middle-Class Revolution -- Special Knowledge -- Professional Authority -- Professionalized Socialization and Culture -- Self-Discipline -- Codes of Ethics -- 9 The Working and Lower Classes -- Plato�s Dilemma -- Social Losers -- Socialization and Inequality -- Non-Professionalization -- 10 On Loss and Social Mobility -- Not Money -- Status Scripts -- Resocialization -- Rites of Passage -- Epilogue: Age and Gender -- Gerontocracies -- The Male Hegemony -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Social stratification.
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social stratification.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Classes.
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Social stratification
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1412845726 |
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9781412845724 |
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