Jane McLeod
Micro-processes of Inequality: What are they? Why do they matter? Jane McLeod, Indiana University
Social System Organizations and institutions Communities Small groups Dyads
Individual
Social Structure and Personality
Categorization and the Construction of Difference
Identity and the Maintenance of Boundaries
Status and the Enactment of Deference
Cultural Belief Systems
Common knowledge
Categorization processes
Identity processes
Personal meanings Social connections
Doing difference
Status processes
Deference rituals Discrimination Discredited selves
Contributions of the study of microprocesses The implicit nature of inequality
The centrality of meaning The structuring of human agency The connections across “levels” The everyday interactions that make inequality possible
Social System Organizations and institutions Communities Small groups Dyads
Individual
Social Structure and Personality
Categorization and the Construction of Difference
Identity and the Maintenance of Boundaries
Status and the Enactment of Deference
Cultural Belief Systems
Common knowledge
Categorization processes
Identity processes
Personal meanings Social connections
Doing difference
Status processes
Deference rituals Discrimination Discredited selves
Contributions of the study of microprocesses The implicit nature of inequality
The centrality of meaning The structuring of human agency The connections across “levels” The everyday interactions that make inequality possible
