Journal article
Symbols and Contexts: An Interactionist Approach to the Study of Social Status
Sociological quarterly, Vol.46(2), pp.279-298
05/01/2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2005.00013.x
Abstract
This article proposes an interactionist framework for the study of status stratification. This framework returns the focus of status research to how status works, especially emphasizing the symbolic and contextual aspects integral to the concept. By closely examining how status is indicated, how it is employed, and how it is maintained or changed over time, an interactionist approach provides an explanation on how status affects both individual and organizational behavior-an explanation that is currently lacking in status research. In addition, the development of this framework provides an argument against critics of interactionism who question whether this perspective can contribute to the study of social stratification. This article makes evident that status stratification, with its intimate ties to the symbols and contexts, proves to be an area of study ideally suited to the interactionist perspective.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Symbols and Contexts: An Interactionist Approach to the Study of Social Status
- Creators
- Michael Sauder - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Sociological quarterly, Vol.46(2), pp.279-298
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2005.00013.x
- ISSN
- 0038-0253
- eISSN
- 1533-8525
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/2005
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology
- Record Identifier
- 9984306241202771
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