ISBN:
9780123330604
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (493 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Social Structure and Behavior : Essays in Honor of William Hamilton Sewell
DDC:
305
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Social Structure and Behavior: Essays in Honor of William Hamilton Sewell is a collection of 16 essays dealing with the social psychological aspects of schooling and achievement, social stratification and mobility, measurements and methods, and social structures and wellbeing. The collection discusses the political dimension of stratification, the results of observation of first-graders in their reading group assignments against their social background, and stereotyping practices held by dominant groups of society. Anther papers use a causal model to analyze occupational status and earnings
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover; Social Structure and Behavior: Essays in Honor of William Hamilton Sewell; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Appreciation; Preface; Prologue; PART I. Social Psychological Aspects of Schooling and Achievement; Chapter 1. Reflections on the Social Psychology of Status Attainment; THE PSYCHOLOGY OF STATUS ATTAINMENT; STATUS VARIABLES: CONTENT AND STRUCTURE; References; Chapter 2. Family Background and Ability Group Assignments; References; Chapter 3. Stereotypes: Their Consequences for Race and Ethnic Interaction; STEREOTYPES ABOUT THE DOMINANT GROUP; AMBIGUITY
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HYPERSENSITIVITYConclusion; References; Chapter 4. English Literacy versus Schooling: Attitude and Behavior Consequences in an African Society; Hypothesized Literacy Consequences; Setting, Sample, and Measures; Analysis; Discussion; Appendix; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; References; PART II. Social Stratification and Mobility; Chapter 5. Immigrants' Attainment: An Analysis of Occupation and Earnings among Cuban Exiles in the United States; Data; Preliminary Findings; Model; Results; Conclusion; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; References; Chapter 6. Social Mobility under Labor Market Segmentation in Brazil
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Labor Market Participation in BrazilInequality and Social Mobility in Brazil; Market Segmentation and Social Mobility; Final Comments; Methodological Appendix; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; References; Chapter 7. A Revised Socioeconomic Index of Occupational Status: Application in Analysis of Sex Differences in Attainment; The 1950 Socioeconomic Index for All Occupations; Updating the 1950 Socioeconomic Index; Analysis of Occupational Achievement; Analyzing Sex Differences in Attainment with Different Occupational Indexes; Appendix; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; References
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Chapter 8. Occupational Status in Nineteenth-Century French Urban SocietyScale Construction; Implications; Conclusions; References; PART III. Measurement and Method; Chapter 9. The Structure of Social Relationships: Cross-Classifications of Mobility, Kinship, and Friendship; A Multiplicative Model of the Mobility Table; Mobility to First Jobs of American Men; Evaluating the Model; Mobility Ratios; Mobility Ratios and Other Measures of Interaction; Model Specification under Quasi-Independence; Model Specification by Median Fitting; Sibling Resemblance in Educational Attainment
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Occupational Similarity of FriendsComparisons between Classifications; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; References; Chapter 10. Analyzing n Rankings of Three Items; Scaling Models; Survey of Models That Imply Quasi-Symmetry; Means of the Ranks; Comparing Populations; Association of Two Rankings; Analysis of Marginal Heterogeneity and Asymmetry; Conclusion; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; References; Chapter 11. Adult Values for Children: An Application of Factor Analysis to Ranked Preference Data; A Common Factor Model for Ranked Preferences; Estimation of the Model; Application of the Model; Summary and Conclusions
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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