Abstract

ARRIAGA MARTINEZ, Rafael. Acerca de la influencia de las creencias religiosas en los procesos de estratificación social en Estados Unidos, desde una perspectiva de método y teoría aplicados. Región y sociedad [online]. 2014, vol.26, n.61, pp.309-347. ISSN 2448-4849.

In this article, we deal with the socioeconomic experience of people of Mexican and Chinese origin living in the us, from a research perspective where issues of method, theory and application are of main concern. We highlight the heuristic utility of methodological individualism and the general theory of rationality to explain the results of this experience in terms of social stratification. We also explain the difficulties of theoretical application, derived from the Weberian corollary on which our hypothetical a priori rests, which considers the influence of religious beliefs and ideas as cultural elements capable of inhibiting or stimulating the process of social stratification. We demonstrate the pertinence of our hypothesis, even when the reality of a social stratification favorable to Catholics of European descent and Chinese-Americans might challenge the Weberian position regarding Catholicism and Confucianism.

Keywords : Chinese; Mexicans; social stratification; religion; culture; attitude.