Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Preferred term

status relations  

Definition

  • Status generally refers to an individual's position or rank, along a standard of honor or respect, within a group or social hierarchy. As such, status relations are defined as observable rank-ordered pairings of individuals in some social situation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Theory; Status Relations]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/status_relations

Download this concept: