The Legitimation of Structural Inequality
Reformulation and Test of the Self-Evaluation Argument
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4875669 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John F Stolte (0000-0002-5121-6456, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 331 |
| Publication date | 1983-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2095226 |
| OpenAlex | W2318640609 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 44 |
| References cited | 11 |
Why does a disadvantaged actor, as well as an advantaged actor, often accept a structure of inequality as right, reasonable, and legitimate? The self-evaluation argument proposes that variation in objective resource level produces variation in self-evaluation, which, in turn, leads both deprived and privileged actors to accept their respective positions as legitimate. The argument is clarified through a reformulation that links exchange structural inequality, negotiation, and self-efficacy. The reformulation is experimentally tested. Though the results diametrically oppose a key implication of the reformulation, they stimulate thinking that further illuminates this core issue in the social psychology of stratification, and they lay a basis forfurther research
Argument (complex analysis · Economics · Inequality · Legitimation · Mathematical analysis · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Test (biology · Law · Mathematics · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Capital and Networks
The Social Psychology of Self-Efficacy
Exchange and Power
Perceptions of the Legitimacy of Collective Decisions
Depression and Marital Power
The Psycho-Economics of Feeling Underpaid
Contemporary Social Psychological Theories
Toward an Explication of the Legitimation Process
Status and Identity in Marital Interaction
Social Determinants of Perception
From Micro-to Macro-Exchange Structure
Power and Equity
Cultural and Structural Determinants of Justice Reactions in the Economic Domain
Self-explanation, self-evaluation, legitimation of social inequality
Powerblindness
Relative Standards and Distributive Justice
Referent Networks Predict Just Rewards
The Effects of Legitimacy and Power on Perceptions of Fairness
The Japanese‐American Internment
Fairness Conceptualizations and Comparable Worth
Legitimacy as a Social Process
La perception des inégalités en France
Attributional Processes and Alienation
When is a Distribution Rule Just
Distributive Justice and Satisfaction with Material Well-Being
Affect and Social Exchange
The Formation of Justice Norms
Imbalanced Structures, Unfair Strategies
The Role of Self-Explanations and Self-Evaluations in Legitimating Inequality
The Legitimation and Delegitimation of Power and Prestige Orders
Beliefs about Inequality and Perceptions of Distributive Justice
In the Eye of the Beholder
Belief in a Just World and Depression
Identity and Power Use in Exchange Networks
Doing Justice to the Group
Because I'm Worth It? Understanding Inequality in a Performance-Based Pay System
Why do people believe in a just world
I made It Because of Me
The role of self-evaluations in legitimizing social inequality
Perceptions of global inequality
Protesting a perceived injustice
Toward a more interdisciplinary research agenda
Bargaining for justice
Attributions for fair exchange outcomes
Ideological stratification
The explanation of social behaviour
The ruling class
Communication Patterns in Task-Oriented Groups
Bargaining Behavior and Orientations in Coalition Formation
Negotiating Reality
Social Exchange Theory
Essays in Sociological Theory
A Theory of Role Strain
Expectations, Evaluations and Equity
Exchange as Symbolic Interaction
| Unique citing works | 44 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,07 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2020 (36) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 43 |