Toward a Sociology of Wealth: definitions and historical comparisons

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Autor(a) principal: Lachmann,Richard
Data de Publicação: 2013
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
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Resumo: What does it means to be wealthy? Do possessors of significant wealth act in distinct ways that justify considering them a class, an elite or a status group? I explore the implications of various definitions of the wealthy. I review available data for a range of historical societies and then examine if the 1990’s explosion of wealth in the United States created a society with a larger stratum of the wealthy than in previous societies. I conclude by identifying a future research agenda that seeks to relate the relative and changing proportions of the wealthy in various societies to other, often non- quantitative evidence of shared occupational and leisure pursuits, family forms and political action.
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title Toward a Sociology of Wealth: definitions and historical comparisons
spellingShingle Toward a Sociology of Wealth: definitions and historical comparisons
Lachmann,Richard
Wealth
Class
Stratification
Status
title_short Toward a Sociology of Wealth: definitions and historical comparisons
title_full Toward a Sociology of Wealth: definitions and historical comparisons
title_fullStr Toward a Sociology of Wealth: definitions and historical comparisons
title_full_unstemmed Toward a Sociology of Wealth: definitions and historical comparisons
title_sort Toward a Sociology of Wealth: definitions and historical comparisons
author Lachmann,Richard
author_facet Lachmann,Richard
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Lachmann,Richard
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Wealth
Class
Stratification
Status
topic Wealth
Class
Stratification
Status
description What does it means to be wealthy? Do possessors of significant wealth act in distinct ways that justify considering them a class, an elite or a status group? I explore the implications of various definitions of the wealthy. I review available data for a range of historical societies and then examine if the 1990’s explosion of wealth in the United States created a society with a larger stratum of the wealthy than in previous societies. I conclude by identifying a future research agenda that seeks to relate the relative and changing proportions of the wealthy in various societies to other, often non- quantitative evidence of shared occupational and leisure pursuits, family forms and political action.
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