Social Mobility in the 20th Century

Class Mobility and Occupational Change in the United States and Germany
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-658-14784-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 391 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 5195 g

Based on a novel class scheme and a unique compilation of German and American data, this book reveals that intergenerational class mobility increased over most of the past century. While country differences in intergenerational mobility are surprisingly small, gender, regional, racial and ethnic differences were initially large but declined over time. At the end of the 20 century, however, mobility prospects turned to the worse in both countries. In light of these findings, the book develops a narrative account of historical socio-political developments that are likely to have driven the basic resemblances across countries but also account for the initial decline and the more recent increase in intergenerational inequality.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hertel, Florian R.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Mobilität
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Development of an historical account to explain change in social mobility.- Critical review of the main conceptualizations of social stratification.- Conceptualization, test and application of a new class scheme.- In-depth analysis of absolute and relative mobility in Germany and the U.S..- Comparison of social mobility chances in the U.S. and Germany. 

Über Autor(innen)

Florian R. Hertel is Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence. He is working on issues of stratification, inequality and intergenerational mobility in European countries and the U.S.