Mass, Class, and the Industrial Community

A Comparative Analysis of Managers, Businessmen, and Workers

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ID2206660
AuthorsCharles M Bonjean (corresponding author)
Year1966
Volume72
Issue2
Pages149-162
Publication date1966-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/224274
PMID5952741
OpenAlexW1997171195
LanguageEN
Citations received12

A rough test of the homogeneity-heterogeneity inconsistency between "mass society" and stratification theories was conducted by comparing 332 hourly paid workers, independent businessmen, and corporate managers on a number of variables selected because they had been used in discussions of both mass society and stratification. The research was conducted in a community having recently undergone urbanization, bureaucratization, and industrialization, processes usually associated with the development of a "middle mass." The data suggest (1) the concept "middle mass" may have limited utility in the industrial community, and (2) that urbanization, industrialization, and bureaucratization may not completely homogenize or level, but they may enlarge the middle strata of the community and further modify its social structure by creating a new upper stratum

Bureaucracy · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Industrial society · Industrialisation · Market economy · Mass society · Middle class · Political science · Social class · Social science · Social stratification · Sociology · Stratum · Urbanization · Engineering · Law · Social and Cultural Dynamics

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