Changing structures of inequality : a comparative perspective / / Yannick Lemel and Heinz-Hebert Noll, eds

• Pubblicazione: Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (470 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.5
• Soggetto topico: Social classes; Social stratification; Equality; Classes sociales; Egalite (Sociologie)
• Altri autori: LemelYannick NollHeinz-Herbert
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Changing structures of inequality : a comparative perspective / Heinz-Herbert Noll, Yannick Lemel -- Social stratification : the distinctiveness of French research / Yannick Lemel -- Class, stratification and beyond : the German case / Heinz-Herbert Noll -- Empirical studies on social stratification in Quebec and Canada / Simon Langlois -- Social stratification and inequalities in Spain : the state of the art / Salustiano del Campo -- Research on class in the United States / Paul W. Kingston -- Some problems with the comparative charting of trends in inequality / Theodore Caplow -- The distribution of income and wealth in European and North American societies / Wolfgang Glatzer, Richard Hauser -- Educational inequalities : distribution of knowledge, social origins and social outcomes / Louis Chauvel -- Status consistency trends of occupational, educational and economic position in France, Germany and the United States / Michel Forse, Yannick Lemel -- International migration and inequality / Howard M. Bahr ... [et al.] -- Gender inequality in five modern societies / Denise Lemieux, Marion Mohle -- Inequality : the structuring effect of social class in four societies / Paul Kingston ... [et al.].
• Sommario/riassunto: Changing Structures of Inequality examines these questions in a new comparative perspective, covering five national societies - Canada, France, Germany, Spain, and the United States. The authors offer a deed analysis of country-specific research traditions in the fields of class analysis and social stratification, revealing important conceptual differences which have consequences for the diagnoses. They present the results of substantial compa-rative studies on different aspects of inequality in developed societies - the inequality of income and wealth; educational inequalities; status crystallization; migration and inequality; gender inequality and the structuring effect of social class - highlighting similarities as well as substantial differences between the societies under examination. The authors offer a nuanced con-clusion that puts in perspective the different topics of this contemporary debate. Developed societies are now characterized by more dynamic and pluralistic structures of inequalities, where classes have lost some of their previous importance, but to some extent still have a place. Contributors include Howard M. Bahr, Mathias Bös, Gary Caldwell, Salustiano del Campo, Theodore Caplow, Louis Chauvel, Michel Forse, Wolfgang Glatzer, Richard Huaser, Paul W. Kingston, Denise Lemieux, Laura Maratou-Alipranti, and Marion Mohle.
• Titolo autorizzato: Changing structures of inequality
• ISBN: 1-282-85941-2; 9786612859410; 0-7735-6933-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813024303321
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