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Class in China: Stratification in a Classless Society

Book by Larry M. Wortzel; Greenwood Press, 1987

Subjects:

China--Economic Conditions--1949-, Communism--China, Power (Social Sciences), Social Classes, Social Classes--China--History, Social Conflict--China

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"[T]he book is splendid. Wortzel combines his expertise in Sinology with his meticulous attention to epistemology and methodology in studying the class structure and stratification in Maoist China, accomplishing the rare feat of freeing himself from ideologicalbias and parochial ethnic subjectivity ...
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"[T]he book is splendid. Wortzel combines his expertise in Sinology with his meticulous attention to epistemology and methodology in studying the class structure and stratification in Maoist China, accomplishing the rare feat of freeing himself from ideologicalbias and parochial ethnic subjectivity. . . . It is indeed refreshing to read Wortzel's realistic book." Journal of Third World Studies
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Decolonizing the Colonial City: Urbanization and Stratification in Kingston, Jamaica

Book by Colin Clarke; Oxford University Press, 2006

Subjects:

Kingston (Jamaica)--Race Relations, Social Stratification--Jamaica--Kingston, Urbanization--Jamaica--Kingston

Collections: Entire Library

...to 1991, in the context...models of society, such as...and plural stratification, by examining...race-class stratification refer to...colonial society; these...colony in the Caribbean...colour-class stratification, reinforced...free trade in the British...evolution of society or economy...
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Social Stratification in the United States

Book by John F. Cuber, William F. Kenkel; Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1954

Subjects:

Social Classes, United States--Social Conditions

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...the Study of Social Stratification in Rural Society," Rural Sociology...status of a person in the stratification system of a society. The term is a loose...continuum theory of stratification in American society make a strong case...
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On the Verge of Convergence: Social Stratification in Eastern Europe

Book by Henryk Domanski; Central European University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Europe, Eastern--Economic Conditions--1989-, Europe, Eastern--Social Conditions--1989-, Post-Communism--Europe, Eastern, Social Classes--Europe, Eastern, Social Structure--Europe, Eastern

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...categories in 1993 on first...PLURALITY OF STRATIFICATION SYSTEMS...postcommunist society concisely...of social stratification. Contrariwise...mass shift in manpower...segments of society, the peasantry...echelons of the stratification ladder...obstacles in its way...industrial society, mobility...
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The Disreputable Profession: The Actor in Society

Book by Mendel Kohansky; Greenwood Press, 1984

Subjects:

Acting--History, Drama, Theater And Society

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...Disreputable Profession The Actor in Society MENDEL KOHANSKY Contributions...actors perform a useful function in society. Only two centuries later was this...Fenichel, due to his peculiar position in society. "The artist is still regarded as...

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Stratification in the Legal Profession: Sex, Sector, and Salary

Journal article by Jo Dixon, Carroll Seron; Law & Society Review, Vol. 29, 1995

Subjects:

Sociological Jurisprudence

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...suggest that stratification processes in the legal...for Law and Society at New York...that sex stratification in the legal...forms in society is bureaucracy...The Gender Stratification of Income...Gender in Practice...25 Law Society Rev. 239...
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EDUCATION AND STRATIFICATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A Review of Theories and Research

Journal article by Claudia Buchmann, Emily Hannum; Annual Review of Sociology, 2001

Subjects:

Comparative education--Research, Developing countries--Education, Education--Social aspects, International education--Social aspects, Social mobility--Analysis

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...influence education and stratification processes within...education comes, in part, from the external...allocation patterns in society to impact both schooled...illuminate the ways in which societal differences condition stratification processes. THE...educations impact on society (i.e., its role...
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Hereditary Stratification in Middle-Range Societies

Journal article by Jerome Rousseau; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 7, 2001

Subjects:

Economic research--Research, Ethnology--Research, Ideology--Research, Leadership--Research, Social classes--Research

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...members of the society belong to...definition, stratification is present only in some societies...societies. (3.) In his 1958...notion of stratification conflates...Polynesian society is less stratified...1958. Social stratification in Polynesia...Ethnology Society...
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Women, Men, and the Division of Power: a Study of Gender Stratification in Kenya

Journal article by Lisa A. Cubbins; Social Forces, Vol. 69, 1991

Subjects:

Social Problems, Social Service

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...power determines privilege in the gender stratification system. 1 She argues that power exists in several forms, such as the power of physical...determinant of gender-based privilege in a society because other forms of power are not as...
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Racial and Ethnic Stratification in Educational Achievement and Attainment

Journal article by Grace Kao, Jennifer S. Thompson; Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 29, 2003

Subjects:

Academic achievement--Analysis, Race--Influence

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Consistency and change in educational stratification: recent trends regarding...college access. In Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, ed. RV Robinson...transition and educational stratification in the United States. Annu...

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Does Meritocracy Work? Not If Society and Colleges Keep Failing to Distinguish between Wealth and Merit

Magazine article by Ross Douthat; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 296, November 2005

Subjects:

Education, Higher--Forecasts and trends, Family--Economic aspects, Higher education--Forecasts and trends, Students--Economic aspects, Students--Education, Universities and colleges--Management, Universities and colleges--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...form of a dry Ph.D. thesis that analyzed society from the vantage point of 2034--envisions...intelligence tests and educational segregation, in which a cognitive elite holds sway until...overthrow their brainy masters. A scenario of stratification by intelligence was raised again in 1971...
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The Partial Restoration of Traditional Society

Magazine article by Charles Murray; Public Interest, Fall 1995

Subjects:

Social change--Analysis

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...One may instead argue that changes in technology and the economy are going to intensify economic stratification, reinforcing social and cultural stratification...ever to live apart from the rest of society, by this logic, and the poor will have...
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Disappearing Lakes, Shrinking Seas

Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 133, June 2005

Subjects:

Environmental degradation--Africa, Environmental degradation--China, Environmental degradation--International aspects, Environmental degradation--Mexico, Environmental degradation--Statistics, Environmental degradation--United States, Lakes--Environmental aspects, Lakes--International aspects, Lakes--Statistics, Water levels--Environmental aspects, Water levels--Statistics, Water supply--Africa, Water supply--China, Water supply--Environmental aspects, Water supply--International aspects, Water supply--Mexico, Water supply--United States, Water-supply--Africa, Water-supply--China, Water-supply--Environmental aspects, Water-supply--International aspects, Water-supply--Mexico, Water-supply--United States

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...next 50 years. As water warms, its natural purification processes can slow down. Climate-related changes in water chemistry and stratification can lead to fish losses, as is already being seen in East Africas Lake Tanganyika. More than 2,000,000...
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Ironies of Illegal Immigration

Magazine article by Llewellyn D. Howell; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 135, July 2006

Subjects:

Bush, George W.--Social policy, Illegal immigrants--Economic aspects, Illegal immigrants--Forecasts and trends, Illegal immigrants--Political aspects, United States economic conditions--Forecasts and trends, United States--Demographic aspects, United States--Emigration and immigration

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...to do with the integration of American society and its continued relatively smooth functioning...because there are millions of immigrants in the U.S. who do not have health or automobile...political correctness problem--but there is stratification of labor, mostly along education lines...
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Bringing Oceans to a Boil

Magazine article by David Festa; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 137, September 2008

Subjects:

Air pollution control--Management, Air quality management--Management, Global warming--Influence, Ocean-atmosphere interaction--Environmental aspects

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...tourism income. Coral reefs provide an estimated $375,000,000,000 in economic benefits each year globally. Coral reefs face yet another...by carbon dioxide pollution. A 2005 report by the U.K.s Royal Society found that the increased CO.sub.2 being absorbed by the ocean...

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Multirace Category Plan Stirs Questions

Newspaper article by Nancy E. Roman; The Washington Times, February 2, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...inferior to whites. Mr. Spencer says further racial stratification in this country could be a byproduct of implementing...any suggestion that the census plan would stratify society. "In South Africa, apartheid was brought about by...
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A Middle-Class Vanishing Act

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 4, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...I prefer a were all in it together society," she said, a phrase that has a kind of quasi-socialistic ring, one in which the government would play a...in an updated study of his "Social Stratification in the United States," Mr. Rose pokes...
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Bathers All Aquiver as Plagueof Jellyfish Hits Welsh Shores

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), June 24, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...entomologist from the Royal Horticultural Society, said a plague of thunderflies - which...on cereals and grasses - was possible in stormy humid weather, when pests tend...water temperature, currents and possibly stratification in the water and salinity. All of these...
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How American Novelists after Civil War Tackled the Matter of Manners

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 29, 2003

Subjects:

Howells, William Dean

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...States has neither the rich past nor the stratification of classes required to produce a novelist...Ms. Goodman aims to show the many ways in which American novelists have scrutinized...observer of some of the larger trends in society and culture. In novels like "A Modern...
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Legalism vs. Life

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 14, 2003

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...child been invested in a mere parent? Two thousand...attempt is reminiscent of societys contemporary stratification of murders. We now call...isnt as valuable to society or even to himself...aforethought" i.e., murder in the first degree could...

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Caste

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...systems of social stratification, especially those...Some scholars, in fact, deny that...quasi-caste within a society, but they are...caste within a society otherwise free...the ironsmiths in parts of Africa...the status quo in a society. Castes in...
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Sociology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...mobility, social stratification, and such specific...human behavior in social contexts...the nature of society; scholars like...development of human society in his popular and...statistical material in the study of society. Webers major...
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Sorokin, Pitirim Alexandrovitch

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...many other works. He was also interested in social stratification, the history of sociological theory, and altruistic...Maquet (1951, repr. 1973); F. R. Cowell, Values in Human Society; the Contributions of P. A. Sorokin to Sociology...
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Archaeology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...of elite segments of ancient Egyptian society and rewritten Egyptian history were carried on in the 19th cent. by Karl Lepsius, Auguste...organization, including chiefdoms, class stratification, and states. Among the most important...

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