Analyzing Inequality - Life Chances and Social Mobility in Comparative Perspective

Zusatztext "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." Informationen zum Autor Stefan Svallfors is Professor of Sociology at Umeå 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). Klappentext "[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 Zusammenfassung An examination of the state of the art in stratification research, looking at data, methods, theory, and new empirical findings in social inequality, life course, and cross-national comparative sociology.

Product details

• Authors: Stefan Svallfors, Stefan (EDT) Svallfors
• Assisted by: Stefan Svallfors (Editor)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.08.2005
• EAN: 9780804750967
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-5096-7
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Studies in Social Inequality; Studies in Social Inequality
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories