Stratification
Subtitle: social division and inequality
By: Wendy Bottero.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Social stratification.
Description: "Exploring how hierarchy affects our tastes and leisure-time activities, and who we choose (and hang on to) as our friends and partners, Stratification: Social division and inequality considers how ordinary, everyday activities - going to work, spending time with our friends, pursuing hobbies and interests, socialising with family - help to reproduce inequalities in social position and resources."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: stratification and social distance; title: Images of inequality; title: Foundational accounts; title: Sins of the fathers; title: Name, rank, and number; title: Racialised relations; title: A woman's place; title: Culture and anarchy; title: Re-orderings; title: Social space; title: Someone like me; title: Hierarchy makes you sick; title: Movements in space; title: Us and them; title: Conclusion: reproducing hierarchy.