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Research draft

social class

vr.tr.social-class · SOC.ORG

Let an agent handle social class by theory, measurement, data and debate, presenting views neutrally and avoiding stereotypes about any class.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle social class by theory, measurement, data and debate, presenting views neutrally and avoiding stereotypes about any class.

A grouping of people in a society based on shared economic, social or cultural position, such as wealth, occupation, education, status or relation to the means of production; conceptions differ between Marxian, Weberian and contemporary sociological approaches.

What it is for: Analysing inequality, mobility and social structure.

It can be compare theories of class; find official socio-economic classifications; describe social mobility data; present debates with attribution.

Distinguishing features

Social grouping by position

Contested definitions

Linked to inequality and mobility

Measured in several ways

What it looks like

Not physical; seen in statistics, lifestyles and institutions.

How it is recognised

Classifications such as NS-SEC or ESeC

Terms such as working, middle and upper class

Class in taxonomy or programming is a different sense

Related models

is a kind of - category

social group

is studied by - field

sociology

is related to - concepts

social mobility and inequality

is confused with - another sense

class (taxonomy)

In practice

Families and kinds

economic class

occupational class schemes

status groups

historical estates and serfdom

class in different societies

Standards and regulation

Official socio-economic classifications

Equality law protections in some countries

Failure modes and hazards

Stereotyping classes

Presenting one theory as fact

Mixing incompatible measures

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Theory Concepts.

Theories differ.

Approach

Frameworks.

Approach

Theoretical approach.

  1. Which theory of class is being used? definition
  2. How does it define class? definition

Debate

Disagreements.

Debate

Debates.

  1. Where do sociologists disagree about class? provenance
  2. Are views attributed? boundary
Measurement Classifications.

Measures must be named.

Scheme

Official classification.

Scheme

Classification scheme.

  1. Which classification scheme is used, such as NS-SEC? provenance
  2. How are people assigned? definition

Data

Statistics.

Data

Statistics.

  1. What do official statistics show, and for which year? measurement
  2. Which survey produced them? provenance
Mobility Change.

Mobility is measured.

Rates

Mobility data.

Rates

Mobility rates.

  1. What do studies show about social mobility here? provenance
  2. How is it measured? measurement

Policy

Interventions.

Policy

Policy.

  1. Which policies aim to improve mobility, and what evidence exists? provenance
  2. Are positions attributed? boundary
Handling Respect.

Avoid stereotypes.

Stereotypes

Language.

Stereotypes

Stereotypes.

  1. Does the description avoid stereotypes about any class? boundary
  2. Is language neutral? boundary

Senses

Disambiguation.

Senses

Other senses.

  1. Is class in biology, programming or education meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should class schemes be separate entries?
  • How should data sources be linked?
  • How should other senses be split off?
Draft as JSON