Lifestyle and social structure : concepts, definitions, analyses /

Lifestyle and Social Structure: Concepts, Definitions, Analyses is devoted the relationship between lifestyle and social structure. The book begins by constructing a meaningful concept of lifestyle in order to understand and model this relationship. The general formulation of the concept hinges on t...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sobel, Michael E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Academic Press, �1981.
Colección:Quantitative studies in social relations.
Temas:
Lifestyles.
Social structure.
Life Style
Style de vie.
Structure sociale.
social structure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Lifestyles
Social structure
Lebensstil
Sozialstruktur
Leefwijze.
Sociale structuur.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Lifestyle and Social Structure: Concepts, Definitions, Analyses; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1. Introduction; CHAPTER 2. Lifestyle and Sociological Thought; Early Theoretical Approaches; The Symbolic Approach; Some Empirical Inquiries; Defining Lifestyle; CHAPTER 3. From Style to Lifestyle: An Analogy to Art History; Style in Ordinary Language; Esthetic Style; Idiosyncratic Style; Descriptive Style; Lifestyle; CHAPTER 4. Lifestyle, Consumption, and the American Experience: A Historical Sketch; The Historical Argument1
  • Consumption and ExpressivenessWork and Expressiveness; Leisure and Consumption; Summary; CHAPTER 5. Toward a Sociological Theory of Lifestyle Differentiation; Where Does Lifestyle Come From?; Social Structure and Referent Generators; Lifestyle and Alternative Lifestyles; Economic Work on Consumption; The Relationship between Economic Theories of Consumption and the Sociological Theory of Lifestyle Differentiation; CHAPTER 6. lementing the Theory: Data and Methods; Indexing the Causal Factors; Consumption; Engel Curve Analyses; The Data; Estimation
  • CHAPTER 7. Social Structure and Lifestyle: A Preliminary AnalysisSome Preliminary Results; Adding Variables to the Basic Model; Data Analysis; Interpreting the Results; Effects of the Socioeconomic Variables; Summary; CHAPTER 8. Social Structure and Stylistic Unity; Lifestyle or Stylistic Unity?; Exploratory Factor Analysis; A Confirmatory Analysis; The Socioeconomic Effects; Descriptive form, Spatio-Temporal Invariance, and Social Structure: A Speculative and Nontechnical Exegesis; CHAPTER 9. Lifestyle, Stratification, and Alienation: Conclusions and Speculations
  • Conclusions and SpeculationsAppendix A: Creation of the Education Codes; APPENDIX B: Creation of the SEI Scores; APPENDIX C: Creation of the Dependent Variables; References; Subject Index; QUANTITATIVE STUDIES IN SOCIAL RELATIONS

Ejemplares similares