Structures of Social Space and the Homology Thesis: : Examination of Bourdieu's Approach in Japan

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This paper applies Bourdieu's social space approach to Japanese data, where two theses proposed in Distinction, that is, a ‘chiastic structure’ of a social space and ‘homology’ between it and behavior/opinion spaces are examined. Data from the 2005 SSM survey are analyzed by multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) and a Euclidean classification of individuals. The analysis reveals that differences by ‘volume of capital’ appear clearly both in social and behavior/opinion spaces but differences by ‘composition of capital’ are unexpectedly small in the former space and are quite unclear in the latter spaces. Through these analyses, effectiveness of a social space approach in class and stratification research is suggested as well as characteristics of Japanese social space.