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Kohn, Melvin L.; Wang, Weidong; Yue, Yin – Social Forces, 2012
This article compares the relationships of social structure and personality of urban China during "privatization" to those of urban Poland and Ukraine during their transitions from socialism to nascent capitalism. These relationships are similar in pattern and nearly as strong in magnitude for China as for Poland, and stronger than for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personality, Social Structure, Social Systems
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Garcia-Alvarez, Ercilia; Katz-Gerro, Tally; Lopez-Sintas, Jordi – Social Forces, 2007
This research examines heterogeneity in Americans' musical tastes by separating breadth and level of taste, taking into account the structural constraints such as cohort, period, social class, gender and racial composition, which have shaped Americans' musical preferences over the past 20 years. We identify four types of respondents who share…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Correlation, Social Class, Music Appreciation
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Knoke, David – Social Forces, 1972
Surveys the development of the concept of individual status inconsistency, criticizing its utility and suggesting that it be recast as a collective rather than individual phenomenon. (JM)
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Group Status, Religious Cultural Groups, Social Class