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The American Class Structure (1957) » Read Now
by Joseph A. Kahl, Kingsley Davis. 314 pgs.

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...traditional speculation about social classes was European in origin and in...Richard Centers, The Psychology of Social Classes . Copyright 1949 by Princeton...10 WHAT ARE...
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Pathways to Social Class: A Qualitative Approach to Social Mobility » Read Now
by Daniel Bertaux, Paul Thompson. 334 pgs.

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Calling for a broader, new approach to social mobility research, Daniel Bertaux and Paul Thompson here move beyond pure statistics to use qualitative techniques - such as life stories and family case studies - to examine more closely the dynamics of mobility and address more fundamental sociological...
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Calling for a broader, new approach to social mobility research, Daniel Bertaux and Paul Thompson here move beyond pure statistics to use qualitative techniques - such as life stories and family case studies - to examine more closely the dynamics of mobility and address more fundamental sociological questions. Up to now, the extensive sociological literature on mobility has been based around the survey method. As a result, we have access to abundant statistical data, but there is little information available to explain how and why people follow particular life paths. To overcome these limitations, the authors have developed an alternative, complementary approach using life stories, case histories of whole families over several generations, or case studies of local communities. Employing the case-study approach does not prevent the identification of structural trends; on the contrary, it allows us to analyse those collective processes through their local effects, restoring the links with the classics of sociological thought. The authors, together with a group of researchers who have worked closely with them, tackle problems such as: - What exactly is transmitted between generations: is it wealth or land, occupational models or skills, social networks, or values and orientations? - What kind of assets can immigrants draw on? - How can a social elite survive the upheaval of a popular revolution? - What is the impact of marriage on the mobility of men and women? - How far can belonging to one locality rather than another, or choosing a particular house, shape mobility paths and aspirations? - Do dreams of mobility matter?
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Socialization and Social Class » Read Now
by Alan C. Kerckhoff. 172 pgs.

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...and spheres of social life, and therein...hierarchy of economic classes have their roots...practices differ by social class? Second...parents in different classes have...
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Reworking Class » Read Now
by John R. Hall. 393 pgs.

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The twelve essays in this volume propose new directions in the analysis of class. John R. Hall argues that recent historical and intellectual developments require reworking basic assumptions about classes and their dynamics. The contributors effectively abandon the notion of a transcendent class...
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The twelve essays in this volume propose new directions in the analysis of class. John R. Hall argues that recent historical and intellectual developments require reworking basic assumptions about classes and their dynamics. The contributors effectively abandon the notion of a transcendent class struggle. They seek instead to understand the historically contingent ways in which economic interests are pursued under institutionally, socially, and culturally structured circumstances.
In his introduction, Hall proposes a neo-Weberian venue intended to bring the most promising contemporary approaches to class analysis into productive exchange with one other. Some of the chapters that follow rework how classes are conceptualized. Others offer historical and sociological reflections on questions of class identity. A third cluster focuses on the politics of class mobilizations and social movements in contexts of national and global economic change.
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Class, Conflict, and Mobility: Theories and Studies of Class Structure » Read Now
by Joseph Lopreato, Lawrence E. Hazelrigg. 580 pgs.

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...sociology Bibliography: p. 1. Social classes. 2. Social mobility. 3. Job satisfaction...Society 12 The Social Classes 16 Class Consciousness...and unalienated man. THE...
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Class in Twentieth-Century American Sociology: An Analysis of Theories and Measurement Strategies » Read Now
by Michael D. Grimes. 234 pgs.

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Grimes provides an overview and critique of the major theories, conceptualizations, and measurements of class inequality, drawing exclusively on scholarly literature published by American social scientists in the 20th century. The volume proposes a framework for interpreting and understanding the...
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Grimes provides an overview and critique of the major theories, conceptualizations, and measurements of class inequality, drawing exclusively on scholarly literature published by American social scientists in the 20th century. The volume proposes a framework for interpreting and understanding the theories and methodologies used by scholars to study class inequality, posits two "schools" of sociological theory-order and conflict, and concludes that there is evidence of a "convergence" among contemporary perspectives on class inequality.
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Class and Civil Society: The Limits of Marxian Critical Theory » Read Now
by Jean L. Cohen. 264 pgs.

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Class Structure and Social Transformation » Read Now
by Berch Berberoglu. 130 pgs.

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The study of class structure is crucial to the understanding of changes in society and social transformation, as these are based on class relations and class struggle.
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Social Orders and Social Classes in Europe since 1500: Studies in Social Stratification » Read Now
by M. L. Bush. 268 pgs.

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Bringing Class Back in Contemporary and Historical Perspectives » Read Now
by Scott G. McNall, Rhonda F. Levine, Rick Fantasia. 344 pgs.

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...8133-1050-4 pbk. 1. Social classes. 2. Social conflict. 3...capitalism is such that social classes stand in contradictory...classes and segments of classes around radical...
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The Sociology of Social Classes, in Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology » Read Now
by Nicole Laurin-Frenette. 28 pgs.

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...The sociology of social classes NICOLE LAURIN-FRENETTE Universite...travaux lea plus importants sur lea classes sociales dans la sociologie quebecoise des...summarize the...
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The Rise and Fall of Class in Britain » Read Now
by David Cannadine. 294 pgs.

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Reconfigurations of Class and Gender » Read Now
by Janeen Baxter, Mark Western. 209 pgs.

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At a time when social commentators are increasingly likely to assert the "death of class" as a source of social inequality and conflict, this far-reaching volume reasserts the significance of class and gender for understanding socioeconomic conditions. Rather than declining in importance, class and...
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At a time when social commentators are increasingly likely to assert the "death of class" as a source of social inequality and conflict, this far-reaching volume reasserts the significance of class and gender for understanding socioeconomic conditions. Rather than declining in importance, class and gender processes are being transformed by social and economic changes associated with postindustrialism, including the entrance of women into the labor market in ever greater numbers, a shift from manufacturing to services, and the rise of part-time employment.
Moving away from the narrowly focused debates that have characterized much recent class analysis, the contributors to this book urge a nuanced approach that focuses on the specific institutional contexts of class-gender relations in various advanced industrial nations. Class and gender relationships in each country are contextually embedded, they argue, in such issues as the differences in welfare-state regimes, the varying availability of flexible forms,of employment, and the degree to which the labor market is politically regulated.
The essays analyze the class and gender bases of economic inequality in ways that are sensitive to nationally specific institutional conditions. Two introductory chapters set the terms of the theoretical analysis and provide a framework for thinking about the relationships between gender and class. The remaining chapters offer comparative, cross-national analyses that investigate empirical examples of the links between class and gender relations, including the changing gender composition of the middle class, gender differences in access to managerial positions, the social ramifications of flexibleemployment arrangements, the links between paid and unpaid work, and the increasing feminization of poverty.
The contributors include Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund, Wallace Clement, Rosemary Crompton, Paula England, Siv Overas, Ra
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Women and Social Class: International Feminist Perspectives » Read Now
by Christine Zmroczek, Pat Mahony. 242 pgs.

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Challenging the view that class is dead, as well as the idea that it is a British phenomenon, this book argues that class needs to be regarded as a key concept in any attempt to understand women's lives.
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Crafting Society: Ethnicity, Class, and Communication Theory » Read Now
by Donald G. Ellis. 252 pgs.

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Minding the Machine: Languages of Class in Early Industrial America » Read Now
by Stephen P. Rice. 230 pgs.

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In this innovative book, Stephen P. Rice offers a new understanding of class formation in America during the several decades before the Civil War. This was the period in the nation's early industrial development when travel by steamboat became commonplace, when the railroad altered concepts of space...
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In this innovative book, Stephen P. Rice offers a new understanding of class formation in America during the several decades before the Civil War. This was the period in the nation's early industrial development when travel by steamboat became commonplace, when the railroad altered concepts of space and time, and when Americans experienced the beginnings of factory production. These disorienting changes raised a host of questions about what machinery would accomplish. Would it promote equality or widen the distance between rich and poor? Among the most contentious questions were those focusing on the social consequences of mechanization: while machine enthusiasts touted the extent to which machines would free workers from toil, others pointed out that people needed to tend machines, and that that work was fundamentally degrading and exploitative.
Rice presents fascinating discussions of the mechanics' institute movement, the manual labor school movement, popular physiology reformers, and efforts to solve,the seemingly intractable problem of steam boiler explosions. His eloquent narrative demonstrates that class is as much about the comprehension of social relations as it is about the making of social relations, and that class formation needs to be understood not only as a social struggle but as a conceptual struggle.
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