ISBN:
9780762311408
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (312 p.)
Series Statement:
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility v.21
Parallel Title:
Print version Inequality : Structures, Dynamics and Mechanisms : Essays in Honor of Aage B. Sorensen
DDC:
305
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Aage Sorensen was an influential intellectual presence who was one of the world's leading authorities on social stratification and the sociology of education. His research sought to understand the structures, dynamics and mechanisms that underlie inequalities in industrial societies by focusing on how individuals' attainments are shaped by characteristics of a society's or organization's opportunity structure, on the one hand, and individuals' education, experience and other human capital resources, on the other. He emphasized inequalities associated with education and schooling, class, and
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Chapter 1; AAGE B. SØRENSEN: 1941-2001; THEORY AND METHODS; Chapter 2; GENERATIVE MODELS AND EXPLANATORY RESEARCH: ON THE SOCIOLOGY OF AAGE B. SØRENSEN; Chapter 3; AAGE BØTTGER SØRENSEN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUANTITATIVE SOCIOLOGY: FROM STUDYING PROCESSES TO STUDYING STRUCTURE; EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY; Chapter 4; SCHOOLING AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN TIME AND PLACE; Chapter 5; SØRENSEN'S LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES MODEL: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS, MATHEMATICAL FORMALIZATION, AND EMPIRICAL ANALYSES; Chapter 6
Description / Table of Contents:
SCHOOL EFFECTS AND SØRENSEN'S THEORIES OF LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTMOBILITY AND CAREERS; Chapter 7; UNTYING THE GORDIAN KNOT OF SOCIAL INHERITANCE; Chapter 8; CAREER PATTERNS OVER THE LIFE COURSE: GENDER, CLASS, AND LINKED LIVES; STRUCTURAL INEQUALITY AND RENTS; Chapter 9; SOURCES OF STRUCTURAL INEQUALITY IN MANAGERIAL LABOR MARKETS; Chapter 10; TOWARDS A STRUCTURAL THEORY OF STATUS INEQUALITY: STRUCTURES AND RENTS IN POPULAR MUSIC AND TASTES; Chapter 11; SOCIAL CLASS, RENT DESTRUCTION, AND THE EARNINGS OF BLACK AND WHITE MEN, 1982-2000; Chapter 12
Description / Table of Contents:
FIRMS, WAGES, AND INCENTIVES: INCENTIVE SYSTEMS AND THEIR IMPACTS ON WAGES, PRODUCTIVITY, AND RISKSABOUT THE AUTHORS; APPENDIX A: AAGE B. SØRENSEN'S PUBLICATION LIST; APPENDIX B: MEMORIES OF AAGE B. SØRENSEN AS A MENTOR;
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Description based upon print version of record
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