Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Sociology - Political Sociology, Majorities, Minorities, grade: 1,1, Berlin School of Economics, 18 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Currently a hotly debated topic dominates the domestic section of the media in Germany: the growing perception of social inequality. Part of this discussion is the debate about rising manager salaries, which have more than doubled in Germany since 1998. Against this background this paper analyses the composition of today's economic elite and the accessibility and openness of this echelon of...