Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Wealthy and Stratification Ideologies

博士论文研究：富裕与分层意识形态

• 批准号: 1409232
• 负责人: Anthony Chen
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: Northwestern University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-06-15 至 2016-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1409232&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Wealthy; Stratification

SES-1409232Anthony S. ChenFiona C. ChinNorthwestern UniversityEconomic inequality in the U.S. has been rising for the past thirty years. Social science research on the topic is developing rapidly, but there remains a paucity of research on what wealthy Americans know and believe about economic inequality. The stratification literature has examined the knowledge and beliefs of ordinary Americans along these lines, but we need to understand more about what the affluent know and think about economic inequality, as well as where their beliefs come from. This study investigates these questions by employing a multi-method approach. Using data from a representative survey of the wealthiest 1% of Chicago-area residents and original in-depth interviews with economically successful Americans from across the country, this study describes and explains the stratification ideologies of wealthy Americans. Specifically, the study aims to determine what the wealthy believe about the stratification order and their own place in it; where those beliefs come from (i.e., why they believe what they believe); what their preferences are for public and private interventions to ameliorate inequality; and what their ideas imply for whether and how the trend toward greater inequality may be addressed. Broader ImpactsEconomic inequality is widely regarded as one of the most important public policy issues of our time. The social science community has only begun to illuminate the complex trends, causes, and consequences of economic inequality. This study will contribute to this ongoing endeavor by documenting and explaining the beliefs about inequality held by wealthy Americans, a highly influential--but surprisingly understudied--segment of the population. This study is an interdisciplinary project at the intersection of Sociology and Political Science. Findings from this study will be disseminated to both academic and non-academic audiences.

SES-1409232Anthony S.陈菲奥娜·C.在过去的三十年里，美国的经济不平等一直在上升。关于这个话题的社会科学研究正在迅速发展，但关于美国富人对经济不平等的了解和看法的研究仍然很少。分层文献已经沿着这些路线研究了普通美国人的知识和信仰，但我们需要更多地了解富裕阶层对经济不平等的了解和思考，以及他们的信仰来自哪里。本研究采用多方法研究这些问题。本研究利用对芝加哥地区最富有的1%居民进行的代表性调查和对来自全国各地的经济成功的美国人进行的原始深入采访的数据，描述并解释了美国富人的分层意识形态。具体来说，这项研究旨在确定富人对分层秩序的看法以及他们自己在其中的地位;这些信念来自哪里（即，他们为什么相信他们所相信的）;他们对改善不平等的公共和私人干预的偏好;以及他们的想法对是否以及如何解决不平等加剧的趋势意味着什么。经济不平等被广泛认为是我们这个时代最重要的公共政策问题之一。社会科学界才刚刚开始阐明经济不平等的复杂趋势、原因和后果。这项研究将通过记录和解释美国富人对不平等的信念来促进这一持续的奋进，这是一个非常有影响力的-但令人惊讶的是，研究不足-人口的一部分。这项研究是一个跨学科的项目，在社会学和政治学的交叉点。这项研究的结果将分发给学术和非学术受众。