
Analyzing Inequality
Life Chances and Social Mobility in Comparative Perspective
Stefan Svallfors(Editor)
Stanford University Press
Published on 5. January 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-0-8047-5757-7 (ISBN)
Description
Analyzing Inequality summarizes key issues in today's theoretically guided empirical research on social inequality, life course, and cross-national comparative sociology. It describes the progress made in terms of data sources, both cross-sectional and longitudinal; the new instruments that make inequality research possible; new ways of thinking and explaining; and empirical findings or important contributions of rigorous empirical research to our understanding.
The chapters, each written by a distinguished social scientist, are of interest to both scholars and students. This is the only book to date to take stock of the state of the art in stratification research, examining data, methods, theory, and new empirical findings. Analyzing Inequality offers an unusually and impressively broad coverage of substantive topics in the field.
The chapters, each written by a distinguished social scientist, are of interest to both scholars and students. This is the only book to date to take stock of the state of the art in stratification research, examining data, methods, theory, and new empirical findings. Analyzing Inequality offers an unusually and impressively broad coverage of substantive topics in the field.
Reviews / Votes
"A beautiful volume of truly informative and stimulating essays at the current frontiers of stratification research. In fact, what Analyzing Inequality achieves is to provide five eminent international scholars with the space to reflect on what they perceive as pressing problems of research in those specific fields to which they have contributed over their own life course and wherein they are clearly considered as among the leading experts worldwide."-American Journal of Sociology "[It] is heartening to see the appearance of a book demonstrating the vibrancy and potential of quantitative research on social inequality internationally"-Canadian Journal of Sociology Online "The book is well-written and covers many of the central topics for European and international mobility and attainment researchers."-Contemporary Sociology "Svallfors has produced a fitting tribute to the distinguished career of Robert Erikson. Leading scholars reflect on the current state of theory and research about inequality and social mobility in the U.S. and Europe. This insightful collection of essays deserves our attention."-Thomas A. DiPrete, Columbia University "In this excellent volume, leading social scientists show how theoretical and methodological advancements have transformed the study of social stratification and social inequality. The book is a rich source of information on the study of poverty, research on gender inequality, the unification of rational choice theory and large scale data analysis, and innovations in cross-national comparative research." -Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Bamberg UniversityMore details
Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Palo Alto
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
15 tables, 6 figures
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
313 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8047-5757-7 (9780804757577)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Stefan Svallfors is Professor of Sociology at Umea University, Sweden, and head of the Swedish component of the European Social Survey. He is thee author of The Moral Economy of Class (Stanford, 2006).
Content
CONTENTS List of Tables and Figures xx List of Contributors xx Preface xxx Chapter One Introduction 1 Stefan Svallfors Chapter two Life Courses and Life Chances in a Comparative Perspective 00 Karl Ulrich Mayer Chapter three Progress in Sociology: The Case of Social Mobility Research 61 John H Goldthorpe Chapter four Social Indicators, Policy, and Measuring Progress 97 A B Atkinson Chapter five Family Structure, Gender Roles and Social Inequality 126 Annemette S rensen Chapter six Inequalities in Later Life: Gender, marital status and health behaviours 152 Sara Arber Index