Publication: Representaciones y medidas de la desigualdad. Una reflexión teórico-metodológica
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2015
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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La preocupación por los procesos de estratificación social es una de las claves de la arquitectura de las teorías sociológicas clásicas. Hoy disponemos de metodologías sofisticadas para el análisis empírico de la desigualdad, pero rara vez desembocan en explicaciones causales ambiciosas de la morfología social. La desigualdad desempeña un papel crucial como variable independiente en la explicación de una amplia gama de fenómenos sociales que van desde la experiencia subjetiva postmoderna hasta graves conflictos relacionados con la división internacional del trabajo. Este artículo analiza las características que deberían tener los indicadores de la desigualdad capaces de nutrir las teorías de largo alcance, indicando las limitaciones de algunos de los indicadores más utilizados al día de hoy y sacando a la luz algunas propuestas intuitivas de conceptualización y representación de la estratificación social. En concreto, se valorará la contraposición entre salarios y patrimonio, la escala temporal en la que se analizan los indicadores y se planteará la utilidad de algunos métodos de representación tales como el desfile de los salarios (Income parade).
Concern for social stratification processes is one of the keys to the formation of classical sociological theories. Today there are sophisticated methodologies for empirical analysis of inequality, but rarely lead to ambitious causal explanations of social morphology. The inequality plays a crucial role as an independent variable in explaining a wide range of social phenomena ranging from post-modern subjective experience to serious conflicts with the international division of labour. This article discusses the features that should have indicators of inequality theories capable of nurturing long-range social theories, indicating the limitations of some of the indicators used today and bringing to light some intuitive proposals conceptualization and representation social stratification. In particular, the contrast between wages and heritage, the timescale in which the indicators are analyzed and the usefulness of some methods of representation such as the “Income Parade” will arise will be assessed.
Concern for social stratification processes is one of the keys to the formation of classical sociological theories. Today there are sophisticated methodologies for empirical analysis of inequality, but rarely lead to ambitious causal explanations of social morphology. The inequality plays a crucial role as an independent variable in explaining a wide range of social phenomena ranging from post-modern subjective experience to serious conflicts with the international division of labour. This article discusses the features that should have indicators of inequality theories capable of nurturing long-range social theories, indicating the limitations of some of the indicators used today and bringing to light some intuitive proposals conceptualization and representation social stratification. In particular, the contrast between wages and heritage, the timescale in which the indicators are analyzed and the usefulness of some methods of representation such as the “Income Parade” will arise will be assessed.