Power and Privilege

A Theory of Social Stratification

By Gerhard E. Lenski | Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press

About the book

Power and Privilege seeks to answer the central question of the field of social stratification: Who gets what and why? Using a dialectical view of the development of thought in the discipline, Gerhard Lenski describes the outlines of an emerging synthesis of theories. He shows that perspectives as diverse and contradictory as those of Marx, Spencer, Sumner, Veblen, Mosca, Pareto, Sorokin, Parsons, and Dahrendorf are parts of an evolving and systematic body of theory.

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ISBN 9780807841198
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ISBN 9798890886897
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ISBN 9781469611105

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Power and Privilege seeks to answer the central question of the field of social stratification: Who gets what and why? Using a dialectical view of the development of thought in the discipline, Gerhard Lenski describes the outlines of an emerging synthesis of theories. He shows that perspectives as diverse and contradictory as those of Marx, Spencer, Sumner, Veblen, Mosca, Pareto, Sorokin, Parsons, and Dahrendorf are parts of an evolving and systematic body of theory.

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Power and Privilege seeks to answer the central question of the field of social stratification: Who gets what and why? Using a dialectical view of the development of thought in the discipline, Gerhard Lenski describes the outlines of an emerging synthesis of theories. He shows that perspectives as diverse and contradictory as those of Marx, Spencer, Sumner, Veblen, Mosca, Pareto, Sorokin, Parsons, and Dahrendorf are parts of an evolving and systematic body of theory.

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Society and Social Sciences > Sociology and anthropology > Sociology

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How long is Power and Privilege and how many pages does it have?

Power and Privilege has 525 page(s)

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Gerhard E. Lenski

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The University of North Carolina Press

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Power and Privilege is available as paperback(ISBN 9780807841198) and ebook(ISBN 9798890886897) and ebook(ISBN 9781469611105)

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