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LUNGO RODRIGUEZ, Irene. Justifications on social ineaqualities. Notes on the Salvadoran case. Estud. sociol [online]. 2016, vol.34, n.101, pp.407-422. ISSN 2448-6442.

This note presents the theoretical and methodological guidelines of my PHD dissertation, which is under preparation. My concern is about cultural aspects that underlie social inequalities in contemporary El Salvador. Currently, this country is characterized by the primacy of neoliberal acumulation model, the rise of an unprecedented democracy, processes of reconcentration of capital and the persistence of high levels of social exclusion. Specifically, I study the justification of inequalities from the case of the “elite” middle classes in El Salvador. This research is inscribed whitin the sociological debates on the cultural aspects after reproduction of stratification and inequality.

Palabras llave : social inequality and stratification; justifications; legitimation; El Salvador; middle classes.