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The modern stratification system and its transformation

Article Abstract:

The modern stratification system is no longer defined by class. The author tracks the "death of class" and the transformation of class conflict from the end of the Cold War up until late-modern society.

Social aspects, Poverty, Social conflict

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The meritocracy hypothesis and trends in educational opportunity

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The author evaluates changes in class distinction in educational opportunity according to a cumulative logit model based on threshold in order to account for the meritocracy hypothesis. Educational opportunity and sexual inequality in educational attainment remained the same relative to social class. The expansion of education during the postwar period actually led to a widening of the inequality between classes.

Education and state, Education policy, Discrimination in education, Educational discrimination, Merit (Ethics)

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Married women's gender-role attitudes and social stratification: commonalities and differences between Japan and the United States

Article Abstract:

The author compares the gender role-attitudes of American and Japanese married women. Focus is given to the relationship between a married woman's class/status, and the class/status of her husband and both of their fathers, and her role-attitude.

United States, Sex role, Sex roles, Married women, Social stratification

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