Klasa średnia: mit czy byt?
The Middle Class: Myth or Being?

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyze issue of the so-called middle-class. Article contains four parts. Firstly, author stresses that 'middle class' is – to use Leon Petrażycki's term – 'jumping' concept(without strictly defined referent), usually based loosely on an household income. Then text isfocused on comparison between class and stratification theories, many scholars are deceivingthemselves with free uses of both categories. Next chapter is devoted to the questions of hierarchy(social strata) and structure (social class). Then author describes representations andmisrepresentations of the William Lloyd Warner's work on classes, as it is introduced by leadingPolish sociologists.

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