The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology, 2020, 2(15); doi: 10.25236/FSST.2020.021504.
Pingping Wang1, *, Aimin Nie2, Juanjuan Cui3
1 Foreign Language Teaching Section, Naval Aviation University, Yantai 264000, China
2 Foreign Language Teaching Section, Naval Aviation University, Yantai 264000, China
3 Foreign Language Teaching Section, Naval Aviation University, Yantai 264000, China
*Corresponding Author
The criteria for social stratification change along with social change. A study of criteria for social stratification of prominent theories in the field: Marxian theory, Weberian theory, and Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital, is conducted from the perspective of social change. From the ownership of means of production to multidimensions of wealth, power and prestige, and then to consumption patterns characterized by taste, the changing criteria for social stratification are the result of social differentiation in the process of social change.
criteria for social stratification, social change, Marxian theory, Weberian theory, Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital
Pingping Wang, Aimin Nie, Juanjuan Cui. On Criteria for Social Stratification from the Perspective of Social Change. The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology (2020) Vol. 2 Issue 15: 27-31. https://doi.org/10.25236/FSST.2020.021504.
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