Occupational Prestige in Comparative PerspectiveOccupational Prestige in Comparative Perspective provides information pertinent to the study of the nature of inequality in human society. This book discusses that stratification is inevitable in complex societies as they are characterized by a highly developed division of labor into distinct occupational roles. Organized into five parts encompassing 10 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the nature of occupational prestige systems that is rooted in power relations. This text then examines the extent of intrasocial variation in occupational prestige evaluations. Other chapters consider the contrast between the consensus that characterizes occupational prestige evaluations and the lack of consensus that characterizes the evaluation of other social categories. This book discusses as well the basic pattern of occupational evaluations and the worldwide uniformity in occupational evaluations. The final chapter deals with the development of the occupational scale and discusses it potential uses. This book is a valuable resource for sociologists. |
Contents
| 24 | |
ISSUES OF SUBSTANCE | 102 |
A STANDARD INTERNATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL PRESTIGE SCALE | 157 |
CONCLUSION | 222 |
Standard International Occupational Prestige Scale | 235 |
Alphabetical Index to Standard Scale | 261 |
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ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGERIAL AGRICULTURAL analysis ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ARMED FORCES CARPENTER Census Chapter CLERICAL AND RELATED coding computed Costa Rica differences DRIVER ELECTRICIAN Elsewhere Classified ENGINEER FACTORY Farm FARMER FISHERMEN AND HUNTERS FORESTRY WORKERS FRENCH GUIANA Ghana group group HUSBANDRY AND FORESTRY income India industrialized International Labour Office intersocietal labor force MACHINE OPERATOR major group Makers MANAGER MANAGERIAL WORKERS manual matching Mauritania Mean rating MECHANIC Metal Nepal Nigeria nonmanual number of occupations occu occupational evaluations occupational prestige hierarchies occupational roles occupational titles Occupations rated OWNER pairs of countries prestige evaluations prestige of occupations prestige ratings prestige scores prestige similarity procedure PRODUCTION AND RELATED PROFESSIONAL rank RELATED WORKERS REPAIRMAN SALES WORKERS SALESMAN sample SCHOOL TEACHER SCORE STD SERVICE WORKERS skill social Social Stratification standard deviation Standard Scale scores stratification Table TECHNICAL AND RELATED Technicians tion tional TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OPERATORS Treiman UGANDA unit group University Yugoslavia Zambia ZELFSTANDIGE