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Adkins, Daniel. "Unified Stratification Theory: Structure, Genome and Status across Human Societies" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 12, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p23204_index.html>

Adkins, D. , 2005-08-12 "Unified Stratification Theory: Structure, Genome and Status across Human Societies" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p23204_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Drawing on the long tradition of stratification research in sociology (Sewell, Haller & Portes, 1969; Sewell, Haller, & Ohlerndorf, 1970; Sewell and Hauser, 1975; Sewell and Hauser, 1975; Jencks et al. 1979; Hirshman and Snipp, 1999) we group the determinants of status in two categories�personal qualities and abilities and family background/structural position. To consider the role of the genome in this process, we then draw on human genetics literature to describe the degree to which personal qualities and abilities are influenced by the genome. Finally, backed by substantial evidence from quantitative genetics, we propose that the strength of each of these effects (i.e.� genome>ability, ability>status, and background>status) is substantially mediated by the surrounding social structure. Specifically, levels of inequality, poverty, and social closure mediate the degree to which a) the genome influences ability formation, and b) ability influences status outcomes. The basic logic here is a) as inequality and poverty increase, individuals� phenotypes (including those influential in status outcomes) are increasingly influenced by their position in the social structure and decreasingly determined by their genomes, and b) as social closure and inequality increase the influence of ability on status outcomes lessens. Therefore, we predict under conditions of low inequality and poverty and high social mobility, the influence of genome on status will be high relative to conditions of high inequality and poverty and low social mobility.

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