The German space of lifestyles: A multidetermined structure

Will Atkinson; Piotr Marzec

doi:10.1177/14695405221149117

The German space of lifestyles: A multidetermined structure

Will Atkinson^*, Piotr Marzec

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School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies

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This paper charts the space of lifestyles in Germany in order to assess whether its structure resembles that famously uncovered in France by Bourdieu. Mobilising multiple correspondence analysis and using data from a bespoke national survey of tastes and lifestyles fielded in 2017-18 (n=2,244), it unveils a two-dimensional system defined by tastes for the culturally exclusive and the economically exclusive. These dimensions are strongly associated with indicators of cultural capital and economic capital, and reveal differences by both capital volume and capital composition, but they are also structured by age and ethnic origin. While age is indicative of Bourdieu’s concept of trajectory, the effects of ethnicity underscore the relative autonomy of the space of lifestyles and suggest its determination by more than one structural force.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	926-948
Number of pages	23
Journal	Journal of Consumer Culture
Volume	23
Issue number	4
Early online date	5 Jan 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/14695405221149117
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2023

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The class differentiation of older age: Capitals and lifestyles
Atkinson, W., 2 Sept 2024, In: British Journal of Sociology. 75, 4, p. 554-573 20 p.
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The Class Structure of Capitalist Societies, Volume 3: Love, Lifestyles and a Multiplicity of Capitals
Atkinson, W., 1 Apr 2024, London: Routledge. 254 p.
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The German Social Space and its Homologies: National variation on a basic structure
Atkinson, W. J. & Schmitz, A., 4 Jan 2024, In: Current Sociology. 72, 1, p. 168-191 24 p.
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CASSPIN: Comparative Analysis of Social Spaces in Post-Industrial Nations
Atkinson, W. (Principal Investigator), Marzec, P. M. (Researcher), Kunz, S. (Researcher) & Saar, M. (Researcher)
1/05/16 → 30/04/21
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