Power and Privilege seeks to answer the central question of the field of social stratification: Who gets what and why? Using a dialectical view of the development of thought in the discipline, Gerhard Lenski describes the outlines of an emerging synthesis of theories. He shows that perspectives as diverse and contradictory as those of Marx, Spencer, Sumner, Veblen, Mosca, Pareto, Sorokin, Parsons, and Dahrendorf are parts of an evolving and systematic body of theory.

About the Author
Gerhard E. Lenski is Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is author of The Religious Factor: A Sociological Study of Religion's Impact on Politics and, with Jean Lenski, Human Societies.


Book Information
ISBN 9780807841198
Author Gerhard E. Lenski
Format Paperback
Page Count 525
Imprint The University of North Carolina Press
Publisher The University of North Carolina Press
Weight(grams) 700g