Cross-national comparative study on social stratification and social mobility

In the context of rapid social change, the perception of social stratification has far-reaching and complex influences on human psychology and behavior, including citizen participation. The current research explored the interactive influence of social status and subjective social mobility on citizen participation. Two studies used experimental methods to manipulate subjective social mobility and social status, respectively, to examine the interactive effect. Taken together, the results of both studies revealed that the interaction between social status and subjective social mobility had a significant influence on citizen participation: whereas citizen participation with high social status was not affected by subjective social mobility, citizen participation with low social status decreased with increases in subjective social mobility. This research established a combined dynamic and static analysis framework of social stratification structure, elucidating the current status of citizen participation under the influence of the interaction between social status and subjective social mobility, and providing a countermeasure reference for effectively promoting citizen participation.

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An Introductory Note to the Special Issue on Social Stratification and Social Mobility

International Journal of Japanese Sociology ◽

10.1111/j.1475-6781.2000.tb00072.x ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 1-1

Keyword(s):

Social Mobility ◽

Social Stratification ◽

Special Issue ◽

Introductory Note

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Chinese Social Stratification and Social Mobility

Annual Review of Sociology ◽

10.1146/annurev.soc.28.110601.140823 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 91-116 ◽

Cited By ~ 250

Author(s):

Yanjie Bian

Keyword(s):

Social Mobility ◽

Social Stratification

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The Management of Aggression and Violence Attitude Scale (MAVAS): a cross-national comparative study

Journal of Advanced Nursing ◽

10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04629.x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 62 (5) ◽

pp. 596-606 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

Joy Duxbury ◽

Sabine Hahn ◽

Ian Needham ◽

Dave Pulsford

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Attitude Scale ◽

Cross National

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Toward a Theory of Constitutional Amendment

American Political Science Review ◽

10.2307/2944709 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 88 (2) ◽

pp. 355-370 ◽

Cited By ~ 116

Author(s):

Donald S. Lutz

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Political Science ◽

Empirical Analysis ◽

Constitutional Amendment ◽

Constitutional Design ◽

Empirical Verification ◽

American States ◽

Key Variables ◽

Using Data ◽

Cross National

Constitutional design proceeds under the assumption that institutions have predictable consequences, but modern political science has not pursued the empirical verification of these predicted consequences with much vigor. I shall attempt to link the theoretical premises underlying one important aspect of constitutional design, the amendment process, with the empirical patterns revealed by a systematic, comparative study of constitutions. An examination of all amendments in the 50 American states since 1776 reveals patterns that are then confirmed using data from 32 national constitutions. The interaction of the two key variables affecting amendment rate can be described by an equation that generates predicted amendment rates close to those found in the cross-national empirical analysis. A constitution's length measured in number of words, the difficulty of an amendment process, and the rate of amendment turn out to have interlocking consequences that illuminate principles of constitutional design.

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Pitirim A Sorokin: The interconnection between his life and scientific work

International Sociology ◽

10.1177/0268580910394003 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 26 (6) ◽

pp. 878-904 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Inna Ponomareva

Keyword(s):

Social Mobility ◽

Social Stratification ◽

Social Behaviour ◽

Scientific Work ◽

Cultural Dynamics ◽

Polar Opposite ◽

The Relationship ◽

Life Career

This article discusses the relationship between two periods of Pitirim A Sorokin’s life, career and scientific work: the Russian period (till 1922) and the American (1923–68). The main sociological problems of both periods are considered in the article, including: social behaviour, the positivistic system of sociology and famine (as the key problems of his Russian period) and revolution, social stratification, social mobility, social and cultural dynamics and altruistic love (as the key problems of his American period). The important point in the discussion is that the Russian period is a prototype of the American one rather than its polar opposite; and therefore that the concepts that characterize Sorokin’s American period are the development of his ideas that had emerged while he was still in Russia.

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