Sozialstrukturelle Veränderungen und Ungleichheit in der deutschen Klassengesellschaft

Hertel, Florian R.

WSI-Mitteilungen, 2020, vol. 73, issue 3, 155-164

Abstract: The article examines the relationship between occupational change and stratification following the evolution of the German postindustrial service-oriented social structure. Initially, the author proposes dissolution, polarization, and decoupling as three hypothetical developments of the German stratification system. Dissolution implies that classes cease to represent important vertical differences between social positions. Polarization points towards growing inequalities between the highest and lowest class positions, whereas decoupling amounts to a situation in which high or low classes are set apart by displaying greater vertical inequality than horizontally similar class positions. These three alternative pathways of the stratification system are then investigated applying simple statistics to nationally representative trend data. The author investigates changes in class structure, economic inequality and intergenerational mobility over the last 40 years. Overall, the results point towards a parallel decoupling of working classes in the interpersonal service segment and increasing closure in the highest classes.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.5771/0342-300X-2020-3-155

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