Class and Stratification Analysis (Comparative Social Research, 30) - Hardcover

Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1781905371 ISBN 13: 9781781905371

Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2013

Synopsis

This volume of 'Comparative Social Research' emphasizes unsolved issues and new developments within class and stratification analysis, discussing both theoretical and methodological innovations and revisions. Studies of social stratification comprises a range of topics, such as social mobility, economic inequality, labor market inequalities, ethnic stratification, gender inequality, family patterns, educational attainment, and health inequality, the stratification of cultural consumption, life styles, values and attitudes. Comparative analysis has also revealed cross-national differentiation in stratification processes, partly related to welfare state arrangements and national policies. Yet all academic fields move forward, and with its vital research community social stratification research also engages in efforts to improve stratification analysis. This involves discussions on theoretical definitions and conceptual clarifications, social mechanisms and modeling techniques and measurements.

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About the Author:

Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund - University of Oslo, Norway

Review:

Social stratification analysis seeks to describe and explain inequality in the distribution of resources. Here sociologists, political scientists, and other social scientists examine unsolved issues and new developments within the discipline. The topics include a formal model and a computational test of educational choices and social interactions, occupational standing and occupational stratification by cognitive ability, lifestyles and social stratification in France and Norway, the practical relevance of parents' economic and cultural capital for persistence in higher education, measuring social inequality in educational attainment, and the international standard classification of education. There is no index. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. --Book News Inc. Portland, OR

About this edition

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1781905371
• ISBN 13: 9781781905371
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 350
• Editor: Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund