Title: Social Stratification in France and in the United States
Abstract:Social stratification in the United States resembles that in France today, but they differed historically. Public opinion surveys show that Frechmen place themselves in four social classes; Americans ...Social stratification in the United States resembles that in France today, but they differed historically. Public opinion surveys show that Frechmen place themselves in four social classes; Americans only two, the workin class and the middle class. Respondents describe these classes by criteria of achievement; the French bourgeois and peasant classes can be interpreted as based on criteria of ascription. In both societies self-appraisal of position is closely related to occupation, and there are high rates of social mobility.Read More
Publication Year: 1953
Publication Date: 1953-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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