Class Stratification

Comparative Perspectives
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-14448-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 218 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 414 g

An introductory account of the concept of class stratification, of contemporary approaches to the study of class, and of current debates about its role in the study of society. Definitions and an analysis of different theoretical approaches to class are accompanied by empirical material which compares the class structures of a range of countries and examines social mobility in cross-national perspective.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Breen, Richard

Rottman, David B.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword: What This Book is About
1. Making Sense of Stratification

2. Stratification Theorists

3. Class Stratifications

4. Class Structure in Advanced Societies: Patterns and Variations

5. Social Mobility

6. Class in Geographical Perspective

7. Challenges to Class Analysis

8. Class and Social Power
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Richard Breen, David B. Rottman