RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Status, Symbols, and Politics: A Theory of Symbolic Status Politics
JF RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
FD Russell Sage Foundation
SP 50
OP 68
DO 10.7758/RSF.2022.8.6.03
VO 8
IS 6
A1 Mendelberg, Tali
YR 2022
UL http://www.rsfjournal.org/content/8/6/50.abstract
AB Studies of politics are increasingly attempting to account for status. However, status remains undertheorized in much of that research. This article sketches a theory of status in politics, distinguishing status from prejudice, identity, cultural difference, and concrete threats to interests. It shows how status accounts for some of the apparent effects of these variables or for patterns they cannot explain. I focus on the symbolic facets of status, connecting theories of symbolic politics with theories of status.