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Stratification, Class and Health

Class Relations and Health Inequalities in High Modernity

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ID2111612
AuthorsGraham Scambler (UCL Australia), Paul Higgs (0000-0002-3564-2797, UCL Australia)
Year1999
Volume33
Issue2
Pages275-296
Publication date1999-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/s0038038599000176
OpenAlexW2128548581
LanguageEN
Citations received56
References cited53

This paper starts from a critique of the dominant and largely empiricist paradigm within which sociologists have approached the relationship between social class and health. Referring to the transformational model of social activity and the relational model of society advanced by Bhaskar, the nature and reality of class relations and the preconditions for their theorisation are discussed. A neo-Marxist theory of class relations owing much to Clement and Myles is outlined. The relevance of this theory for a revised and more sociological consideration of health inequalities is then explored and some pointers offered for future empirical enquiry. The authors contend that this theory may throw some light too on the theoretical and political timidity medical sociologists characteristically show in their current research on health inequalities

Class (philosophy) · Empiricism · Epistemology · Health care · Inequality · Marxist philosophy · Modernity · Neo-Marxism · Political science · Politics · Relevance (law) · Social class · Social inequality · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of health and illness · Employment and Welfare Studies · Health disparities and outcomes · Law · Mathematics · Obesity and Health Practices · Philosophy · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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Citation span2000 - 2025 (26)
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