La estratificación social es el estudio de las desigualdades estructuradas en una sociedad, analizando cómo se distribuyen de forma desigual los bienes, servicios, derechos y el prestigio entre diferentes grupos. En el contexto académico español, Miguel Requena, catedrático de Sociología en la UNED, es una de las figuras de referencia en esta materia, especialmente por su obra coescrita con Jonas Radl y Leire Salazar.
The COVID-19 crisis, he notes, deepened pre-existing cleavages: remote work favored higher classes, while lower classes faced exposure and job loss.
The Goldthorpe Debate and the Modern Class Structure
A significant portion of Requena’s stratification analysis is dedicated to the work of John Goldthorpe and the class schema that bears his name. This might sound like dry academic fodder, but within the context of the PDF, it is revolutionary.
One of Requena's more unique research areas is within-family inequality.
Estratificación Social is a concept in sociology that refers to the way in which society is divided into hierarchical layers or strata based on various factors such as wealth, income, occupation, education, and social status.