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A comprehensive study of trends in intergenerational social mobility during the 20th century, this book examines the role of educational expansion and equalization in shaping these developments in both Europe and the United States.
List of contents
1. Introduction: Social Mobility and Education in the Twentieth Century
—Richard Breen, Walter Müller
2. Methodological Preliminaries
—Richard Breen
3. The Land of Opportunity? Trends in Social Mobility and Education in the United States
—Florian R. Hertel, Fabian T. Pfeffer
4. Sweden, the Middle Way? Trends and Patterns in Social Mobility and Educational Inequality
—Richard Breen, Jan O. Jonsson
5. Intergenerational Mobility and Social Fluidity in France over Birth Cohorts and Age: The Role of Education
—Louis-André Vallet
6. Education as an Equalizing Force: How Declining Education Inequality and Educational Expansion Have Contributed to More Social Fluidity in Germany
—Reinhard Pollak, Walter Müller
7. The Swiss El Dorado? Education and Social Mobility in Twentieth-Century Switzerland
—Julie Falcon
8. The Role of Education in the Social Mobility of Dutch Cohorts, 1908-1974
—Richard Breen, Ruud Luijkx, Eline Berkers
9. Education and Social Fluidity in Contemporary Italy: An Analysis of Cohort Trends
—Carlo Barone, Raffaele Guetto
10. Intergenerational Social Mobility in Twentieth-Century Spain: Social Fluidity without Educational Equalization?
—Carlos J. Gil-Hernández, Fabrizio Bernardi, Ruud Luijkx
11. Social Mobility in the Twentieth Century in Europe and the United States
—Richard Breen and Walter Müller
About the author
Richard Breen is Professor of Sociology and Fellow of Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
Walter Müller is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Mannheim University.
Summary
A comprehensive study of trends in intergenerational social mobility during the 20th century, this book examines the role of educational expansion and equalization in shaping these developments in both Europe and the United States.
