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Social Stratification and Economic Change
Social Stratification and Economic Change First published in 1988, Social Stratification and Economic Change brings together, for the first time in textbook form, some of the most significant work both theoretical and empirical on stratification in Britain. In part I, David Rose provides on overview of stratification research, and papers from David Lockwood, John Goldthorpe, Gordon Marshall, Ray Pahl, and Claire Wallace tackle key theoretical issues. In part II, six papers commissioned for the book report on empirical studies and their implications. By bringing together an outstanding group of authors, all at the forefront of their field, the book makes an important contribution to debates on social stratification and will be invaluable for both students and researchers in sociology.
Social Stratification and Economic Change
Edited by David Rose
First published in 1988
by Hutchinson Education
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A Library of Congress record exists under ISBN: 009164691X
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Book DOI 10.4324/9781003273233
Social Stratification and Economie Change
Edited by David Rose
Sociology Editor Howard Newby
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First published 1988
David Rose 1988
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Social stratification and economic change.
1. Great Britain. Social stratification,
Economic aspects
I. Rose, David
305.0941
ISBN 0-916469-1-X
Set in 10/12pt Times
Printed and bound in Great Britain by
Anchor Brendon Ltd, Tiptree, Essex
Contents
David Rose
John H. Goldthorpe
David Lockwood
Gordon Marshall
R. E. Pahl and C. D. Wallace
John Westergaard, Iain Noble and Alan Walker
C. C. Harris and R. M. Lee
Gordon Marshall, David Rose, Howard Newby and Carolyn Vogler
R. M. Blackburn
Richard Scase and Robert Goffee
Brian Elliott, David McCrone and Frank Bechhofer
Frank Bechhofer is Director of the Research Centre for Social Sciences, University of Edinburgh. He is joint author of The Affluent Worker and joint editor of The Petite Bourgeoisie. In addition he has written numerous papers on both social stratification and sociological methods. He was the original convenor of the SSRC Social Stratification Seminar.
Bob Blackburn is Head of Sociological Research in the Department of Applied Economics at Cambridge and a Fellow of Clare College. He has been a Nuffield Foundation Fellow at the University of Lausanne and Fellow at the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Study. He is author of Union Character and Social Class and joint author of Perceptions of Work, The Working Class in the Labour Market, Social Stratification and Occupations, White Collar Work and White Collar Unionism.
Brian Elliott was until recently Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Edinburgh but now teaches in Canada. He has published extensively in the fields of urban sociology, political sociology and social stratification and is joint author of Property and Power in the City and The Petite Bourgeoisie.
Robert Goffee is Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour at the London Business School. He has published numerous articles on small business and is joint author of The Real World of the Small Business Owner, The Entrepreneurial Middle Class and Women in Charge.
John H. Goldthorpe is an Official Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. He is joint author of The Affluent Worker studies and author of Social Mobility and Class Structure. In addition he has written numerous articles on aspects of social stratification and is currently involved in an international project on social mobility.
Chris Harris has published chiefly in the fields of the sociology of the family, social theory and religion. His best known works are The Family and The Family and Industrial Society. He is currently Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at University College, Swansea.
Raymond M. Lee is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at St Marys College, Twickenham. He was previously Senior Research Officer in Sociology at University College, Swansea, where he did research on redundant steelworkers. He has also done research on Northern Ireland and on the sociology of religion.
David Lockwood is Professor of Sociology, University of Essex and a Fellow of the British Academy. His books include The Blackcoated Worker, The Affluent Worker and Solidarity and Schism. In addition he has published widely in the areas of social stratification and sociological theory.
Gordon Marshall is Lecturer in Sociology, University of Essex. He is author of Presbyteries and Profits and In Search of the Spirit of Capitalism and joint author of Social Class in Modern Britain. He has published articles on a wide range of sociological topics from Durkheim to behaviour in a licensed restaurant.
David McCrone is Lecturer in Sociology, University of Edinburgh. He has undertaken research on the petit bourgeoisie, urban sociology and Scottish society and politics. His publications include The City: Patterns of Domination and Conflict and Property and Power in a City, both written with Brian Elliott.
Howard Newby is Professor of Sociology, University of Essex and Director of the ESRC Data Archive. His books include
