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Book SynopsisThis book presents the latest research on status generalization in a variety of settings, examining new interventions for its negative effects. Drawing from research on status processes in sociology, social psychology, education, organizations, mental health, and other fields, the book connects to several bodies of research that include stigma and stereotyping, exchange and power, and organizations. The first part of the book establishes the foundations and recent developments. Next, the book delves into elaborations, variants, and interrelations. Throughout, the book illustrates how status processes are evident in settings like school classrooms and others, where interventions can improve interaction and participation between advantaged and disadvantaged students, genders, organizational positions, races, other dynamics that may be impacted by social status and expectation. The book concludes with chapters on applications and interventions to reduce unwanted inequalities in social int
Trade ReviewThe study of status is undergoing a revival in sociology. There is no better time for this excellent review of the theoretical research program that grew out of Joseph Berger's work. Beginning with the rich history in Berger's upbringing and his early days at Harvard with Parsons and Bales, through the formal development of the theory, and on to its most cutting edge new contributions, this collection is a goldmine for those of us who work in the tradition and for those who teach it to new generations of scholars. * Lynn Smith-Lovin, Professor of Sociology, Duke University *
An indispensable guide to current theory and research on Status Generalization: the way the status of people's social characteristics, like gender, race, or education shape presumptions about their competence and their esteem and influence when they work with others. It offers new insights into a powerful but underappreciated inequality process. * Cecilia L. Ridgeway, Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences, Emerita, Stanford University *
Over the last half century, the theory of status characteristics and expectation states has guided the development of some of the richest and most empirically successful accounts of how status and power shape our lives. Unequals brings together progenitors of the theory and new scholars at the cutting edge of innovation, providing a badly needed, up-to-date overview of the past, present, and interdisciplinary future of a vibrant and fecund research program. By addressing core issues of theory, measurement, and application, this volume is a 'must read' for students, researchers, and practitioners who want to expand their understanding of how status inequality arises and operates within small groups, institutions, and society more broadly. * Will Kalkhoff, Professor of Sociology and Executive Director, Electrophysiological Neuroscience Laboratory of Kent, Kent State University *
Unequals presents cutting-edge work done within what is now almost a 70-year theoretical research program initiated by Joseph Berger, who in turn inspired many colleagues and generations of students at Stanford University to contribute to the research program. This book pulls together several generations of cutting-edge researcher-theorists who have made this theoretical research program so robust. This book is essential reading for all sociologists who are interested in the dynamics occurring at the most basic level of human social organization. * Jonathan H. Turner, 38th University Professor, University of California *
Table of ContentsPreface List of Contributors 1: Murray Webster, Jr. and Lisa Slattery Walker: Status and Expectation Processes 2: Joseph Berger: Some History and a Personal Journey 3: Joseph Berger and Murray Webster, Jr.: Anatomy of the Expectation States Research Program* 4: Murray Webster, Jr. and Joseph Dippong: Six Ways to Measure Status and Expectations 5: John Skvoretz: Status Orders as Tournaments: Tests of an Expectation States Model for the Emergence of Status Orders in Task Groups 6: David Melamed and Bradley Montgomery: Graded Status in Expectation State Theories 7: Sarah K. Harkness: Construction and the Spread of Status 8: Scott V. Savage: Status and Power in Exchange 9: Rachel A. Lotan: Equitable Classrooms: A Compelling Connection between Theory and Practice 10: Lisa Slattery Walker: Status Value of Gender, Age, Race, Parenthood, and Beauty 11: Alison J. Bianchi: Expectation States Theories and Organizations: Incorporating the Institutional Logics Perspective for Future Research Agendas 12: Jeffrey W. Lucas and Crosby Hipes: Effects of Mental Illness, Veteran, and Criminal Record Labels on Status- and Stigma-Related Outcomes Index
