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The Administrative Otherness in Social Stratification： Lipset’s StructureTension Theory

*Author：Lui PingKeung，Department of Applied Social Sciences，The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.Email： pklui@a．polyu．edu．hk     

  1. *Author：Lui PingKeung，Department of Applied Social Sciences，The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Online:2010-07-20 Published:2010-07-20
  • Contact: *Author：Lui PingKeung，Department of Applied Social Sciences，The Hong Kong Polytechnic University） E-mail:pklui@a．polyu．edu．hk
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Abstract:

 This paper begins with an exposition of Lipset’s conception of social stratification as

a structuretension theory that is most apt for public administration purposes， in an attempt to

have a social stratification 〖JP2〗theory so as to introduce the concept of “administrative

otherness．” Then this theory was applied to a historical case， i．e．， the 1966 Hong Kong Riot，

to explain how the social entity of “administrative otherness” had got into it and how the

“agencystructure” problem was resolved．

Key words: social stratification ,  agentialistic characterization ,  definition of the situation , administrative otherness ,  the agencystructure problem