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BIOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF SOCIAL CLASS
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| By: |
C. G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198577249 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198577249 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Series: |
Biosocial Society Series 2 |
| Pages: |
154 |
| Description: |
What is social class? Are class differences declining? This study explores social class from three distinct but interrelated perspectives: sociological, demographic, and biological. A sociologist provides his conceptualization of social class, and examines the variety of class schema and the reliability and the validity of these schema. Demographers then analyse the extent and causes of fertility, marriage, and mortality differences. Finally a biologist reflects onmorbidity differentials, the extent and effects of migration, and whether or not genetic differences exist between classes. |
| Synopsis: |
What is social class? Are class differences declining? This volume explores social class from three distinct but related perspectives: Sociological, demographic, and biological. A sociologist provides his conceptualization of social class, and examines the variety of class schema and the reliability and the validity of these schemata . Demographers then analyse the extent and causes of fertility, marriage, and mortality differences. Finally a biologist reflects on morbidity differentials, the extent and effects of migration, and the question of whether or not genetic differences exist between classes. |
| Illustrations: |
line figures, tables throughout |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |