Naming Oneself in the Social Mirror: A Vignette-Based Survey
Author
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Mac Clure, Oscar
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Barozet, Emmanuelle
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Valenzuela Ávila, Ana María
Admission date
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2020-08-17T19:18:38Z
Available date
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2020-08-17T19:18:38Z
Publication date
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2020
Cita de ítem
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Current Sociology, June 27 (2020). 24 pag.
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Identifier
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10.1177/0011392120932953
Identifier
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https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/176449
Abstract
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In order to understand the way in which people self-identify in society and as a contribution to debates about class identity in Latin America, in this article the authors assess how individuals categorize themselves and others socially, and discuss whether a significant portion of the population classifies itself as middle class. They address the question of whether or not individuals' representation of their social position is linked to social class, examining whether that position incorporates a socio-economic dimension, a hierarchical dimension, or even an element of moral value. The authors focus on how individuals name their own social position by means of a vignette-based survey applied in 2016 to a randomized sample of 2000 people in Chile. The results show that the theoretical notion of class is still of relevance to subjective positioning criteria, and that such criteria are specific to individuals who self-identify with lower or higher social positions.
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Patrocinador
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National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research of Chile (ANID/FONDECYT)
1190436
Centre for the Study of Social Conflict and Cohesion, COES
ANID/FONDAP/15130009
European Union (EU)
691004