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Social stratification is a concept involving the "classification of people into groups based on shared socio-economic conditions and a relational set of inequalities with economic, social, political and ideological dimensions.
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Session Organisers Brandl, Michael (Austria) - Austrian Academy of Sciences, OeAI Soerensen, Lasse (Denmark) - National Museum of Denmark Tsoraki, Christina (United Kingdom) - University of Leicester Bekiaris, Tasos (Greece) - University of Thessaloniki Bendtsen, Mads (Denmark) - Aarhus University SESSION TITLE The rare, the common, and what every...
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The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence presents an unprecedented challenge to traditional human capital theory, fundamentally disrupting the relationship between educational investment and economic returns. As AI systems become increasingly capable of performing complex cognitive tasks, policymakers and individuals face critical decisions...
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This paper explores the socioeconomic impacts of extracurricular education, specifically private tutoring, on social mobility in Japan. Using data from the 2015 National Survey on Social Stratification and Social Mobility (SSM), we employed a causal machine learning approach to evaluate this educational intervention on income, educational attainmen...
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This paper critically examines the claim that access to higher education constitutes a fundamental human right, highlighting the distributive tensions and institutional consequences associated with this view. Drawing on political science, sociology of education, and welfare state theory, the analysis explores how expanding access to higher educatio...
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The present article views Dalit conversion as a gradual process or bottom-up reassessment strategy for a democratic environment assumed to provide a space to challenge the social structure of the Hindu caste system. To theorise this, the article deploys Victor Turner’s concept of liminality and studies religious conversion as a transition, liminal...
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Social identity differences are crucial for gregarious animals, impacting survival and social development. This is particularly evident in humans, where social stratification, cultural divides, and ethnic differences influence societal dynamics. Social recognition memory plays a central role in this process, maintaining social order by allowing ind...
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An increasingly rich body of literature focuses on the relationship between socio‐spatial background, emotional attachment to place, and aspirations surrounding higher education. In this paper, we foreground the connections between attachment to place, mobility, education and aspirations—links that are often implicit and seldom highlighted in the C...
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This paper discusses the multiple implications of implementing lifelong learning on a large scale in today's societies. Highlighting its importance for empowering individuals, building communities, and fueling the economy, the research examines systemic obstacles ranging from economic to social to technological. At a microeconomic level, participat...
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This article analyses the transformative economic journey of the Maldives over the past fifty years, illustrating the shift from an isolated archipelago to a global tourism hotspot. The Maldives' development is characterized by a drastic diversification of social and economic spaces in response to rising global tourism demands. The historical liter...
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The development of social sciences and public policy has given rise to various approaches in collaborative governance.Hindu social stratification is the oldest form of collaborative governance in the world.Pentahelix is a form of collaborative governance that is currently developing.There are similarities between the three main groups of the pentah...
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The Eastern Zhou period (770–256 BCE) was a transformative era in ancient China, marked by intensified social stratification, frequent warfare, and increased population movements. The Western Guo State, as an important vassal state during the Western Zhou period, migrated eastward with King Ping of Zhou and was eventually conquered by the Jin State...
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El texto explora la relación entre movilidad social y educación superior, particularmente en Colombia y Antioquia. Se enfatiza la persistente desigualdad en el acceso a oportunidades y la importancia de la educación como medio para mejorar las condiciones de vida. El análisis parte de múltiples perspectivas teóricas y metodológicas, destacando el p...
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The development of independent sitting is associated with language development, but the learning experiences underlying this relationship are not well understood. Additionally, it is unknown how these processes play out in infants with motor impairments and delays in sitting development. We examined the real-time associations between sitting and ca...
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Critical sociolinguistics has emerged as a significant subfield within language studies, drawing from traditions such as critical discourse analysis (Fairclough 1992), linguistic anthropology (Heller 2010), and political economy perspectives on language (Block et al. 2012). While earlier sociolinguistic research largely focused on language vari�ati...
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This collection of double peer-reviewed chapters critically examines the digital divide in higher education through a social justice lens. The collection moves beyond simply acknowledging the inequalities in access and inclusion to digital resources, to exploring how both digital exclusion and inclusion can perpetuate social stratifications. The bo...
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Background: In the digital age, proper access to technology significantly influences and assists in various fields such as education, employment, and civic engagement. However, the digital inequality continues to reinforce the social stratification especially among the marginalized communities. While lack of access to the digital technology has the...
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An extensive literature in Sociology highlights a strong positive association between financialization and income inequality. Using a panel dataset of developing and emerging economies, this paper investigates the relationship between financial activities and the extent of income inequality. The analysis reveals a direct link between the two, showi...
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This article examines the role of women in the guild system of Lima, Peru, during the nineteenth century. Using data from the guild system of Lima between 1838 and 1859, it shows that women participated in a variety of guilds, primarily in retail trade and food manufacturing. Most women were not part of the guilds of merchants and professionals. A...
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This study aims to examine the existence of the title "Andi" in the context of social stratification of Bugis society and its relevance in the modern era. The title Andi is a symbol of nobility that has been passed down from generation to generation and has an important role in the traditional social structure of the Bugis. Through a qualitative-de...
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We tested links between social status and emotion recognition accuracy (ERA) with participants from a diverse array of cultures and a new model and method of ERA, the Assessment of Contextualized Emotion (ACE), which incorporates social context and is linked to different types of social interaction across cultures. Participants from the Czech Repub...
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As the commodification of urban housing increases, the phenomenon of class segregation resulting from different types of housing becomes increasingly apparent. Research on the social distance between condominium owners and relocated residents contributes to understanding the social stratification logic in contemporary Chinese urban areas. Using sam...
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This paper explores the urban spatial structure and social stratification of Northern Wei Dynasty Luoyang City, based on Record of the Monasteries of Luoyang. Adopting a spatial humanities approach, the study integrates quantitative approaches, including the application of geographic information systems (GIS) for spatial analysis and complex networ...
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This study analyzed how caregivers' socioeconomic status (SES) affects scientific parenting behaviors. 5,527 infant and toddler caregivers were surveyed. Results revealed significant SES-based differences: lower, lower-middle, and middle strata scored lower than the upper-middle stratum in total scientific parenting (F=4.192, p<0.01) and material/t...
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El artículo parte de la percepción actual de que los suburbios de Río de Janeiro son una región marcada por la carencia y la precariedad para entender cómo se formó esta representación. Centrándose en los primeros años del siglo XX, a partir de testimonios de diferentes órganos de prensa, el texto busca desnaturalizar la asociación entre los suburb...
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This paper sought to explore the role of the school in the transmission of culture. Using analysis, the study attempts to examine how school curriculum is constructed to transmit culture, to investigate the role of the teacher as socializing agent and to relate the cultural nexus of pedagogy. The study indicates that the school is a culture-laden s...
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Inequalities based on social origins heavily influence university access, shaping individuals’ careers and earning potential. While educational interventions in upper secondary schools have shown promise in supporting students from low social origins, their effects on gender disparities in university access remain less clear. This study investigate...
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This paper develops a country-specific Argentinean Socio-Economic Index (ARSEI) to measure the status of occupations in Argentina, using the 2015 Encuesta Permanente de Hogares (sample size = 50,947). The ARSEI scale is developed in an indirect-effect model that conceives of occupational status as an optimal scaling of detailed occupations that max...
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This study examines the intersection of race, class, and gang violence in Singapore, with a particular focus on the structural dynamics linking racial minorities, street gangs, and institutionalized Chinese secret societies—the archetype of organized crime in the city-state. By integrating race as both an ideology and a system of social relations i...
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Social stratification refers to the division of society into distinct social classes or groups based on various criteria such as wealth, power, occupation, and social status. It is a fundamental aspect of human societies, influencing the opportunities and privileges available to individuals, as it places people into groups related to their standing...
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La cuantificación de la clase propietaria en el largo proceso de la industrialización española es una tarea necesaria si se pretende describir históricamente la compleja estratificación social existente en un país que se estaba modernizando con rapidez. En este artículo se cuantifica a la clase propietaria española en régimen fiscal común en el eje...
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Introduction: This article analyzes the justice crisis of several cases of law enforcement due to legal stratification Donald Black`s Teheory and explains integrative steps to overcome the problem of law enforcement discrimination in Indonesia. Purposes of the Research: This research identifies the dynamics of law enforcement due to the existance o...
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Over the past two decades, research on residential segregation and environmental justice has evolved from spatial assimilation models to include class theory and social stratification. This study leverages recent advances in machine learning to examine how environmental, economic, and demographic factors contribute to ethnic segregation, using Las...
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Abstract Background: In the digital age, proper access to technology significantly influences and assists in various fields such as education, employment, and civic engagement. However, the digital inequality continues to reinforce the social stratification especially among the marginalized communities. While lack of access to the digital technolog...
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This paper will explore Herbert George Wells' The Time Machine regarding the morality of technology while investigating its application into the ideologies of digital humanism. H.G. Wells novel offers a blunt image of the future, revealing the drawbacks of unchecked technological advancement and it also shows the consequential social stratification...
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This article reviews the book Minuman Keras di Batavia Akhir Abad XIX (Alcoholic Beverages in Batavia in the Late 19th Century) by Yusana Sasanti Dadtun, which examines the socio-economic history of alcoholic beverages in Batavia at the end of the 19th century. Originally a master's thesis at Gadjah Mada University, this book explores the productio...
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In this modern era, the practice of slavery in various forms can be found in multiple places in the world, including in Raja Prailiu Village, Sumba Timur, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia. This practice has been carried out by the Maramba (nobles) against the Ata (servants). This causes injustice and discrimination for the Ata people, who even experi...
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We construct a novel elite-level dataset on prewar Japanese elites using the Personnel Inquiry Records (PIR), a historical biographical source covering 1903 to 1939. The PIR contains rich information on family structure, education, occupation, and spatial mobility, capturing elite formation during Japan's transition from a feudal to modern society....
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De acordo com as reflexões de Adorno e Horkheimer (1985 [1947]) sobre a “indústria cultural” e de Guy Debord (1967; 1987) sobre a “sociedade do espetáculo”, o cinema divulga e legitima os valores e a moral que a sociedade neoliberal quer ver perpetuados. Mas, como bem afirmou Walter Benjamin (1994 [1935-1936]), ele também ilumina muitos aspectos da...
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Although there have been many studies on the novel Sāq Al-Bāmbū, none have highlighted the issue of social stratification. Previous studies have focused on psychology, identity, cultural hybridity, social protest, and translation problems. To fill this gap in academic studies, this article aims to discuss the issue of how social stratification is r...
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Against the intensifying mismatch between urban and rural land resources, activating farmers’ intentions to revitalize their idle homesteads is a key issue in optimizing land resource allocation and promoting urban–rural integrated development. However, existing studies mostly focus on the marginal effect of a single factor and ignore the synergist...
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The most prominent social stratification in fishing communities is stratification based on control of the means of production. Price determination greatly influences the socio-economic conditions of fishing communities. This gap can also be seen in the fishing community in Ternate City. This research aims to describe and analyze the socio-economic...
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Previous research suggests there is a close link between social media use and individuals’ relative deprivation, but it remains unclear which specific activities on social media can increase individuals’ relative deprivation. Given that, three studies were conducted to examine how visual wealth exposure, a common phenomenon on social media, increas...
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In recent years, many European countries have experienced growing disparities between urban and rural areas. These disparities are associated not only with differences in infrastructure, public goods and cultural provision, but also with heterogeneous demographic developments. In this paper, we intersect the perspectives of spatial demography, urba...
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This study analyzes the differences in ngapak dialect vocabulary in Srowot and Karangjati Village based on age, gender, and education. Previous studies have mainly discussed the ngapak dialect without highlighting vocabulary differences influenced by social factors in specific regions. This research adopts a sociolinguistic approach, referring to L...
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This paper argues that in settings where you have intense social stratification in particular, those along racial lines, you will in turn have positivity violations which impede causal inference. Racial stratification often causes large differences in the distribution of various outcomes across different racial groups such that the covariate distri...
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This paper systematically explores Jean Baudrillard's theory of simulacra and its profound influence on communication. In the context of postmodern society and consumer society, Baudrillard, through the inheritance and development of Marx's critique of political economy, puts forward a unique theory of media, which reveals the dominant role of symb...
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Es conocido el rol que ha tenido el dólar norteamericano para afianzar la hegemonía de los EE. UU. desde mediados del siglo XX, pero su conversión en una “moneda global” aún es un fenómeno que necesita ser comprendido. Este libro es el primer estudio transnacional que analiza cómo se desarrolló este proceso en diez países del Sur Global. El movimie...
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This paper explores how race and ethnicity intersect with educational structures, policies, and experiences through a sociological lens. It critically examines how institutional racism, cultural capital, social stratification, and power relations shape access to, and outcomes in, education for racialized groups. Drawing upon classical and contempor...
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Drawing on a multiple-case study design involving semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions, this research investigated the perspectives of 32 stakeholders from two centres in the Dar es Salaam and Arusha regions on the benefits and drawbacks of using English as the language of instruction (ELoI) in Vocational Education and Training (V...
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Ecological relations are now less sustainable. Power relations are more unequal. Investigating the nature of power has become the most pressing political economic challenge. How do the dominant schools of economics frame power? What are the existing institutional and ecological economics alternatives? Why does stratification economics address limit...
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The main focus of this work is an assemblage of nearly two thousand macrolithic artifacts, weighing more than half a metric ton, retrieved from an excavated area measuring 3,600 m² of the Middle Chalcolithic site of Güvercinkayası, which dates from the end of the 6th and first half of the 5th millennium cal BCE. The site is ideal for testing differ...
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Within the past few decades in Argentina, different life paths and transitions have weighed upon the new generations, associated to a set of factors of a socio-economic and political -institutional nature, as well as the households' social terms. In this context, I ask myself: to what extent are upbringing and socialization opportunities of childho...
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Rudolph Archibald Reiss (1875-1929) was a world-renowned criminologist. He was the first to introduce forensic photography, thus creating new perspectives in criminalistics. During WWI, he conducted an investigation into the crimes committed by soldiers of Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Bulgaria against the civilian population in the Kingdom of Serb...
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The surge in recreational running has strengthened community ties within the sport. This paper examines how runners form and express their identities through personal narratives influenced by motivations, social interactions, and existing social structures. Identity formation among runners is shaped by individual goals and social influences, with s...
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From its inception, the Republic of Venice was a state focused on maritime trade, an activity that required large amounts of capital and involved many risks. To meet these needs, the Republic used a type of contract called colleganza, a form of profit-sharing partnership by which a sedentary investor (stans) financed a travelling merchant (tractor)...
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This study aims to analyze the forms and structure of social stratification portrayed in the animated film Zootopia, produced by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was chosen because it represents societal structures with various social layers through animal characters that reflect human social realities. The type of research used is descriptive qualit...
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For much of the last century, class analysis has been a major area of sociology and has provided a critical lens through which scholars analyze social stratification. The attributes of certain class positions are of particular sociological interest given their impact on stratification and the possibility of greater inter- and intra-generational mob...
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This paper argues that amidst changing economic fortunes and an intensification of socio-economic disparities, Chinese citizens since the 2010s have increasingly sought to self-consciously fetishize social stratification, actively misconstruing socio-economic injustices as manifestations of differences in innate gifts and genetic dispositions. Draw...
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This paper aims to investigate the prevalence of Portuguese tin-glazed wares within the archaeological excavations of early modern Gothenburg dated 1630–1700. Since 2015, a conspicuous abundance of Portuguese tin-glazed ceramics has been discerned within the archaeological assemblages of the city, a phenomenon not replicated in other urban centres...
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This study investigates the relationship between entropy and societal dynamics, with a particular focus on the origins and implications of war. By using entropy as a measure of uncertainty and inequality, the research examines societal stability through patterns of stratification and wealth distribution. Employing simplified models of various wealt...
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In the process of social transformation, the scale of population mobility continues to expand, and the group of migrant children continues to grow. This study focuses on the problems of migrant children, comprehensively uses the theories of social stratification, socialization and social integration, and uses literature research, questionnaire surv...
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This paper reports on the preliminary results from our ongoing variationist research on ethnolectal variation in the emerging Multicultural Japanese spoken by South American immigrants in the Greater Tokyo Area. We examine a set of linguistic variables characteristic of both the local dialect of Japanese in the host society and migrant languages, B...
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This article analyzes the digital divide as a modern mechanism of social stratification in China’s innovation-driven economy. It examines disparities in digital access, skills, and integration among urban and rural populations, different age groups, and income levels. The study identifies key dimensions of the digital divide, including access to in...
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The purpose of the article is to reveal the essence, organisational principles, and functioning of the mortgage credit system in the Middle Dneprian region during the second half of the 19th–early 20th centuries, as well as to determine its significance for the socio-economic development of the region, in particular for supporting the agricultural...
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This study aims to describe the historical reality and social stratification in the novel My Name is Nature by Leila S. Chudori using the theory of materialism and the theory of social class developed by Karl Marx. The type of research used is qualitative descriptive research, where data is collected through reading, recording, and literature study...
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The Bugis people have a social stratification system that is inherited from generation to generation, where a person's social status is determined more by genealogical factors compared to the accumulation of material wealth. This study aims to analyse the relationship between descent and social status in the Bugis community and explore how gold jew...
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Background Existing evidence on associations between exposure to air pollution and psychological distress from middle to older age is limited by consideration of short exposure periods, poor historical covariates, exposures and outcomes, and cross-sectional study designs. We aimed to examine this association over a 26-year period between ages 43 an...
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This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the intricate relationship between escalating social stratification, entrenched poverty, and the proliferation of ultra-regionalist ideologies in contemporary India, with specific emphasis on how these socioeconomic factors contribute to increased hostility and violence toward both domestic migrants a...
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The National Education Policy 2020 introduced by the Government of India seeks to improve education through holistic learning and flexible delivery while fixing system-backed obstacles like outdated curricula, accessibility gaps and research inadequacies. Even though it demonstrates progressive intentions there is potential for the policy to mainta...
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El documento examina cómo las estructuras sociales y educativas latinoamericanas, heredadas del sistema colonial español, perpetúan un sistema de estratificación social basado en el racismo y el prestigio de los títulos universitarios. La herencia colonial estableció una jerarquía social fundamentada en la "pureza de sangre" y los oficios, donde la...
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Reproductive health indicators in many developing countries including Nigeria are poor, and this is due to the less-than-optimum utilization of reproductive healthcare that has been linked to numerous factors including the educational attainment of women and their partners. In societies like Nigeria, marriage is nearly universal and upheld by patri...
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A LAS CARRERAS DE INGLÉS EN LA FaHCE Breve (re)historización de la (o)(in)clusión (Re)historizar la cuestión de la inclusión al interior de las carreras de inglés en tanto lengua moderna hegemónica implica asumir una anterioridad no sólo permanentemente exclusionaria y centrífuga en términos académicos sino, además, con sesgos activamente etnoracia...
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In the United States, the poor often consume unhealthy food due to its low cost, leading to health issues and a vicious cycle of poverty. In contrast, healthy food is more affordable in China, mitigating this particular issue. The paper discusses the formation reasons behind these phenomena and proposes policy recommendations for both governments t...
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Background: This study explores the multifaceted inequalities faced by informal waste pickers in Hong Kong, focusing on the impacts of gender and socioeconomic status in shaping their working environment, income, and psychological health. Recognizing that social stratification encompasses a series of structural factors, i.e., gender, race, and soci...
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Over the last few decades, a variety of programs and policies has been defined and implemented for providing housing for low-income people. Among these plans, Mehr Housing Plan, which has been done in recent years by the government, can be seen widely in this field. During the last 5 years, the project in collaboration with various organizations in...
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Nesta dissertação, objetiva-se identificar e conhecer os modos de vida de uma família – os Rodrigues da Silveira – em um bairro rural entre Itu, Sorocaba e São Roque – o Varejão –, em um período de transição significativa (1869-1914). Mudanças e permanências são percebidas nesse ínterim, por meio do estudo das relações sociais envolvendo as geraçõe...
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Addressing water challenges in resource-constrained ‘Southern’ cities requires ‘reparation’, a transformative governance approach rooted in restorative justice. In India, formal governance often struggles to tackle social stratification and colonial legacies effectively, sometimes even reinforcing them. This study compares how informality can foste...
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Social disadvantage, like advanced age, is a risk factor for a broad range of health conditions; however, whether it influences the aging process remains unclear. Here, using a multicohort approach, we investigated the associations of social disadvantage with age-related plasma proteins and age-related diseases. We found proteomic signatures of acc...
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This study compares social mobility between Chile and Spain, employing a cohort analysis to generate a consistent analysis between men and women in both countries. The study uses data from multiple national surveys in Spain, but in Chile, increases the sample and period of analysis. In terms of analytical methods, the study presents several innovat...
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Existing research on the transnational mobility of individuals tends to rely on limited and possibly misleading indicators. Arguing that mobility experiences are in fact multidimensional and cumulative over the course of a lifetime, this paper proposes a novel concept called ‘space-set’ and applies it to representative samples of the population in...
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This article addresses social stratification during the Ur III period (ca. 2100–2000 BCE), particularly in southern Babylonia. The social strata are analyzed as Weberian orders (Stände), also known as status groups. More specifically, this article focuses on un -il 2 as a serflike order in comparison to free citizens and enslaved people. While un -...
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With globalization, art education's practice and impact across cultures has gained attention. Our paper, "Cross-cultural Investigation of Art Career Background and Social Class in Art Education," explores how art career background and social level affect art education opportunities and equity, shaping career choices, resource access, and developmen...
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What can the early years of civilization tell us about today? Studying these historical societies provides a context for understanding contemporary social structures and cultural values, and it can shine a light on traits of human societies that are shared across regions and eras. Arguably, everything we observe about the way people live today has...
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The present paper is about social stratification among Muslims. It starts with a question can all Muslims who are classified as Muslim be seen as a monolithic block. is it appropriate to refer to the as a collective entity or an undifferentiated category?
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This paper describes how caste-based differentiation functions among the Muslims of Southern Sri Lanka, despite Islamic egalitarian principles. Such differences are not promoted by religious teachings, mosques, or the various Islamic religious denominations. Instead, it underpins a hereditary, hierarchical stratification in social structure. Since...
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Recognizing skilful group members is crucial for making optimal social choices. Whether and how nonhuman animals attribute skill to others is still debated. Using a lever-operated food box, we enhanced the foraging skill of a single male (the specialist) in one zoo-housed and two wild groups of Guinea baboon (Papio papio). We measured group members...
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This review article examines F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" as a critical insight into the American Dream during the Jazz Age. Employing a systematic approach, the review initially summarized each of the novel's nine chapters, tracing the unfolding plot and character arcs. Building upon this foundation, it conducts a literary analysis tha...
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This paper aims to investigate the portrayal of different forms of structural violence that impact the constructs of social order and rhetoric around it in Karachi – one of the major metropolitan centers of Pakistan. Through a close textual analysis of Omar Shahid Hamid's “The Prisoner” and Bilal Tanweer's “The Scatter Here is Too Great”, our study...
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Certain information about Caucasian Albania, including its separate provinces is found in Greek, Roman, Georgian, Arabic and etc. sources. However, these sources are not comprehensive and accurate, and sometimes they are not free of errors. The researches and archaeological investigations carried out on the existing material and cultural remains ha...
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Experiences of health risks are shaped by social structures. Exposure to danger and resources to avoid or cope with adverse events are not evenly distributed across society, as evidenced by health inequality research. This chapter examines the role of social stratification factors in health risk experiences, bringing together empirical findings reg...
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Social stratification means grouping a society into certain classes. Where this grouping shows the differences in status that exist with-in a general group of society. Every society has something it values, such as; money, land, and objects of economic value, it is also possi-ble that they are in the form of power, knowledge, piety in religion, or...
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This paper quantifies the material wealth of prehistoric burials to systematically analyze burial wealth inequality over time in the middle Yangtze River plain. It explores the relationship between wealth inequality and multiple variables, including population, powers, hydraulic engineering works, and social stratification. The study addresses the...
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Wealth is a central determinant of life chances and intergenerational status persistence in modern societies. Despite increasing attention, sociologists traditionally overlooked its role in class-based economic disparities, while most economists focused on the elites' accumulation. This article combines sociological and economic perspectives to tes...
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The process of formation and further strengthening of economic systems inevitably involves taking complex measures to stabilize and restore economic growth. An important condition for such growth is the stability of the home currency, which is shown in a stable purchasing power and low inflation (devaluation). Recent years have shown that significa...
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La fragmentación y segregación urbana son fenómenos complejos que surgen como resultado de procesos de planificación urbana, dinámicas sociales, económicas y políticas. Estos conceptos se relacionan estrechamente, pero tienen características específicas que merecen ser analizadas desde la perspectiva de la planificación de las ciudades. El objetivo...