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Group Formation and the Cultural Division of Labor
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A structural theory of the relationship between class and status group formation is presented. The approach postulates, first, that differences in the solidarity of any objectively defined groups are independently determined by the extent of stratification among these groups and interaction within them. These expectations are confirmed by an analysis of variation in the solidarity of 17 American ethnic groups in 1970. Second, the relative importance of class as against status group division in societies as a whole is held to depend upon the degree of hierarchy and segmentation of their respective cultural divisions of labor. Supportive evidence is found in the examination of differences in the strength of class voting among five Australian states in 1964.
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- Authors
- Hechter, M.
- Venue
- American Journal of Sociology
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1978-09
- Volume
- 84
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 293-318
- ISSN
- 0002-9602 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-5390
- OpenAlex
- W2031207466
- Cited by
- 347
- References
- 25
- FWCI
- 37.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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