Stability of Prestige Hierarchies in the Face of Social Changes

Poland, 1958-1987

Bibliographic Data

ID2355016
AuthorsZbigniew Sawiński (0000-0003-1756-9853), Henryk Domański (0000-0001-5078-5027)
Year1991
Volume6
Issue2
Pages227-241
Publication date1991-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0268-5809 • E-ISSN: 1461-7242
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/026858091006002008
OpenAlexW1978968045
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies worldwide demonstrate that consensus and stability characterise prestige hierarchies. In Poland changes in values, and economic and political crises since 1975, provide the circumstances in which a 1987 survey of employed people re-examines this stability. Results indicate persisting stability with a correlation of 0.94 between the prestige scores of 1975 and 1987, but also show some changes in relative scores, including the downgrading of occupations connected with authority and of clerical jobs, and the upgrading of skilled workers (especially miners), farmers and small business people. These changes suggest that rationality and effectiveness are becoming more important in prestige ratings and the continuing high prestige of the intelligentsia in spite of low earnings, a Polish idiosyncracy, may show economic reality is being made to fit persistent norms

Demographic economics · Earnings · Economics · Intelligentsia · Occupational prestige · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Prestige · Rationality · Social science · Social status · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Labour Market and Migration · Law · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies · Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition · Psychology · Social Psychology

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