The measurement of social stratification: comparative perspectives between Europe and Latin America

• Emmanuelle Barozet ^[1] ; Marcelo Boado ^[2] ; Ildefonso Marqués-Perales ^[3]
  1. [1] Universidad de Chile

     Universidad de Chile

     Santiago, Chile

     
  2. [2] Universidad de la República

     Universidad de la República

     Uruguay

     
  3. [3] Universidad de Sevilla

     Universidad de Sevilla

     Sevilla, España

     

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• Localización: Towards a Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities between Europe and Latin America / Pedro López Roldán (ed. lit.), Sandra Fachelli (ed. lit.), 2020, ISBN 3-030-48442-4, págs. 171-202
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This chapter analyses compared social stratification in three Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile and Uruguay) and four European countries (Finland, France, Spain, Great Britain). We focus on both external and internal borders of social classes, as well as on the challenges posed by their analysis for sociology. We compare social classes using EGP6 in relation to a variety of social indicators, to examine how social classes vary among countries. We include debates on production models and welfare state policies to understand the specific configurations and compare the conditions of some of the INCASI countries regarding social stratification. Lastly, we apply a latent class analysis to validate the number of social classes and to recognise class boundaries.