Toward a sounder basis for class analysis.

Satisfactory class concepts need to identify the mechanisms that produce the consequences of class membership, be they class conflicts or differences in lifestyles. Using a broad conception of property rights, the article proposes to base class concepts on personal wealth, that is, the assets a per...

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Publicado en:American Journal of Sociology Vol. 105; no. 6; pp. 1523 - 1559
Autor principal: Sørensen, Aage B.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of Chicago Press May 2000
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