Class Stratification in Introductory Textbooks: Relational or Distributional Models?.

Lucal, Betsy

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ERIC Number: EJ490147

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Publication Date: 1994

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Class Stratification in Introductory Textbooks: Relational or Distributional Models?

Lucal, Betsy

Teaching Sociology, v22 n2 p139-50 Apr 1994

Maintains that most students learn how sociologists study social stratification in introductory sociology courses. Presents a content analysis of 15 introductory college textbooks to determine whether they use distributional or relational approaches as the basis for their treatment of social class. Finds that depictions of class are distributional. (CFR)

Descriptors: Capitalism, Content Analysis, Higher Education, Marxian Analysis, Power Structure, Social Influences, Social Scientists, Social Stratification, Social Structure, Social Systems, Social Theories, Sociology, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Textbook Content

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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