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STRICTLY STRATIFIED SYSTEMS.
- Source :
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Sociology . Jan70, Vol. 4 Issue 1, p85-104. 20p. - Publication Year :
- 1970
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Abstract
- This paper is intended as a contribution to the formal theory of stratification systems. The paper has five sections. In Section I, a method for analytically inducing an order over a multi-dimensional status is discussed. It is believed that such a technique can aid in the specification of conceptual tasks within stratification theory, as well as serve as a baseline in actual measurements. It is subsequently employed in the axiomatic work of Sections 3 and 4. In Section 2, there is a brief discussion of the axiomatic method as a prelude to the system developed in the following two sections. In Section 3, the axioms are stated. In Section 4, various elementary consequences of the axioms are shown; most importantly, various concepts which are intuitively important in stratification theory are shown to be definable (e.g., a class system with a determinate number of classes). Finally, in Section s, there is a concluding discussion of the picture of stratification which emerges within this work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *SOCIAL stratification
*SOCIAL classes
*SOCIAL status
*THEORY
*AXIOMS
*SOCIOLOGY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00380385
- Volume :
- 4
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Sociology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 14908344
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/003803857000400105