Status Inconsistency And The Changes Of Social Stratification Structure

Social stratification analysis is an important part of social structural research. It is one of the most active tasks in the field of sociological research. The analysis is very important to understand the process of market-orientation transformation. It can help us understand the reform and opening up more clearly in China today, judge the logic of stratum conflicts and other social problems, promote social harmony in the further.Stratum structure changes are obvious signs of contemporary social transformation. After more than 20 years of reform and opening up, the stratum structure of China society has undergone tremendous changes. The old stratum structure has been broken up, and a reasonable dynamic stratum structure is gradually taking shape. Sociologists have done many researches in response to the rapid changes in the social stratum structure. They have made different judgments and conclusions, such as "stratum theory" by Lu Xueyi, "segmentation theory" by Li Qiang, and "fracture theory" by Sun Liping, etc. Stratum theory holders think that modern social stratification structure has formed in China society today, and the structural elements showed a stable trend; segmentation theory holders think that social structure at the present stage can be divided into different sections, and they are reorganizing. So it is earlier to talk about the forming of social stratum. Fracture theory holders think that there are multiple fracture characteristics at this stage in China society, the disparity between the rich and the poor is very serious and social stratum structure is not mature. They also believe that overall stratum structure...