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  1. Aug 8, 2017 · We examined changes over four decades and between ethnic groups in how people define their social class. Changes included the increasing importance of income, decreasing importance of occupational ...

    • Dov Cohen, Faith Shin, Xi Liu, Peter Ondish, Michael W. Kraus
    • 2017
  2. May 25, 2017 · When individuals accurately signal and perceive social class in interactions with others, signals that communicate differences in social class are likely to create barriers for relationship formation across class boundaries.

    • Michael W. Kraus, Jun Won Park, Jacinth J. X. Tan
    • 2017
  3. Oct 13, 2020 · In this chapter, we will examine and unpick social class as a complex, situated and multifaceted phenomenon. We will argue that social class division and inequalities based upon social and economic conditions are alive and thriving in contemporary societies across the world.

    • Katy Day, Bridgette Rickett, Maxine Woolhouse
    • 2020
  4. Jul 8, 2019 · In this essay, I will review two recent economic history books that examine the historical roots of within-country inequality on a global scale: Branko Milanovic's Global Inequality (2016) and Walter Scheidel's The Great Leveler (2017).

    • Pim de Zwart
    • 2019
  5. Results from the General Social Survey (GSS) indicate that social class differences are essential for understanding contemporary trends in the distribution of personal income.

  6. Feb 28, 2018 · In other words, social class differences in identity, cognition, feelings, and behaviour make it less likely that working-class individuals can benefit from educational and occupational opportunities to improve their material circumstances.

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  8. This chapter shows how social divisions gradually emerged as a key concern in the social sciences. Focusing on early studies that looked at class, race, gender and sexuality, the chapter shows how early controversies anticipated later ones. Class was studied in four ways: through poverty research, community studies, education and culture, and ...