Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Br J Sociol. 2021 Mar;72(2):239-251. doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12791. Epub 2020 Oct 12.
There has been much recent discussion concerning the conceptual and empirical viability and value of the distinction between social class and social status, and in particular as implemented in the work of Chan and Goldthorpe. The present paper addresses certain of the issues that arise on the basis of a historical case, that of class and status in interwar England, with reference to housing, sports club membership, and dress. It seeks to show that, contrary to what has been claimed by various authors, the distinction can be effectively made and is indeed necessary to an understanding of these features of the social history of the period; that it is differential association that has to be seen as constitutive of status stratification, rather than differences in lifestyle; and that increased status striving, anxieties, and segregation, with adverse psychological consequences, can result from a narrowing as well as from a widening of class inequalities.
最近，人们对社会阶层和社会地位之间的区分的概念和经验可行性和价值进行了大量讨论，特别是在 Chan 和 Goldthorpe 的研究工作中。本文基于一个历史案例，即两次世界大战期间英国的阶级和地位，探讨了一些由此产生的问题，涉及住房、体育俱乐部会员资格和着装。本文试图表明，与一些作者的说法相反，这种区分是可以有效地进行的，并且对于理解这一时期的社会历史特征是必要的；正是差异联系构成了地位分层，而不是生活方式的差异；由于阶级不平等的缩小和扩大，地位竞争加剧、焦虑和隔离以及随之而来的心理后果，可能会导致这种情况。
