ISBN:
9780773522039
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (470 p)
Series Statement:
Comparative Charting of Social Change
Parallel Title:
Print version Changing Structures of Inequality : A Comparative Perspective
DDC:
305
Keywords:
Classes sociales ; Études transculturelles
;
Égalité (Sociologie) ; Études transculturelles
;
Equality ; Cross-cultural studies
;
Social classes ; Cross-cultural studies
;
Social stratification ; Cross-cultural studies
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
The international sociological community has recently engaged in a controversial discussion on social inequality. There is a vigourous debate on whether the traditional concepts of social class and social stratification are still useful. Some researchers argue that social classes still offer a key explanation to social inequalities while others challenge the long-standing tradition of class analysis. New approaches have been proposed to describe recent social changes in the stratification system: vanishing middle class, two-thirds societies, cosmographic inequality, and classless society, among others.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- INTRODUCTION -- Changing Structures of Inequality: A Comparative Perspective -- RESEARCH TRADITIONS -- Social Stratification. The Distinctiveness of French Research -- Class, Stratification and Beyond: The German Case -- Empirical Studies on Social Stratification in Quebec and Canada -- Social Stratification and Inequalities in Spain: The State of the Art -- Research on Class in the United States -- Some Problems With the Comparative Charting of Trends in Inequality -- SUBSTANTIAL ANALYSES -- The Distribution of Income and Wealth in European and North-American Societies -- Educational Inequalities: Distribution of Knowledge, Social Origins and Social Outcomes -- Status Consistency Trends of Occupational, Educational and Economic Position in France, Germany and the United States -- International Migration and Inequality -- Gender Inequality in Five Modern Societies -- Inequality: The Structuring Effect of Social Class in Four Societies -- Conclusions -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- C -- E -- G -- I -- L -- M -- O -- P -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y -- Country Index -- The Authors.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Changing Structures of Inequality: A Comparative Perspective""; ""RESEARCH TRADITIONS""; ""Social Stratification. The Distinctiveness of French Research ""; ""Class, Stratification and Beyond: The German Case""; ""Empirical Studies on Social Stratification in Quebec and Canada""; ""Social Stratification and Inequalities in Spain: The State of the Art""; ""Research on Class in the United States""; ""Some Problems With the Comparative Charting of Trends in Inequality""; ""SUBSTANTIAL ANALYSES""
Description / Table of Contents:
""The Distribution of Income and Wealth in European and North-American Societies""""Educational Inequalities: Distribution of Knowledge, Social Origins and Social Outcomes""; ""Status Consistency Trends of Occupational, Educational and Economic Position in France, Germany and the United States""; ""International Migration and Inequality""; ""Gender Inequality in Five Modern Societies""; ""Inequality: The Structuring Effect of Social Class in Four Societies""; ""Conclusions""; ""Author Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""
Description / Table of Contents:
""O""""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""Subject Index""; ""A""; ""C""; ""E""; ""G""; ""I""; ""L""; ""M""; ""O""; ""P""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Country Index""; ""The Authors""
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
