Power and Privilege: A Theory of Social Stratification

Power and Privilege seeks to answer the central question of the field of social stratification: Who gets what and why? Using a dialectical view of the development of thought in the discipline, Gerhard Lenski describes the outlines of an emerging synthesis of theories. He shows that perspectives as diverse and contradictory as those of Marx, Spencer, Sumner, Veblen, Mosca, Pareto, Sorokin, Parsons, and Dahrendorf are parts of an evolving and systematic body of theory.

Author: Gerhard E. Lenski
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 04/30/1984
Pages: 525
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.56lbs
Size: 9.05h x 6.07w x 1.24d
ISBN: 9780807841198

About the Author
Lenski, Gerhard E.: - Gerhard E. Lenski is Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is author of The Religious Factor: A Sociological Study of Religion's Impact on Politics and, with Jean Lenski, Human Societies.