Generating Social Stratification: Toward A New Research Agenda

by Alan C Kerckhoff

Overview

Building on recent advances in theory, data, and analytic technique, this book presents the goal of identifying and assessing the processes by which a birth cohort is distributed in the social stratification system, given its position of origin in that system.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367315931
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/28/2019
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Alan C. Kerckhoff professor of sociology at Duke University, is the author of many important books and journal articles on careers, education, and social stratification.

Table of Contents

Part One Conceptualizing Careers and Stratification Processes — Introduction to Part ONe — Structuration and Individualization: The Life Course as a Continuous, Multilevel Process — Social Psychological Aspects of Achievement — Building Conceptual and Empirical Bridges between Studies of Educational and Labor Force Careers — Part Two Educational Contexts and Processes — Introduction to Part Two — Educational Stratification and Individual Careers — Educational Tracking during the Early Years: First Grade Placements and Middle School Constraints — Peer Social Networks and Adolescent Career Development — School Choice and Community Segregation: Findings from Scotland — Educational Processes and School Reform — Part Three Education and Labor Force Linkages — Introduction to Part Three — Educational Credentials and the Labor Market: An Inter-Industry Comparison — Education, Earnings Gain, and Earnings Loss in Loosely and Tightly Structured Labor Markets: A Comparison between the United States and Germany — Education and Credentialing Systems, Labor Market Structure and the Work of Allied Health Occupations — Creating Capitalists: The Social Origins of Entrepreneurship in Post-Communist Poland — Part Four Social System Contexts — Introduction to Part Four — The Politics of Mobility — Stratification and Attainment in a Large Japanese Firm — Changing Contexts of Careers: Trends in Labor Market Structures and Some Implications for Labor Force Outcomes

Editorial Reviews

This is a paperbound reprint of a 1996 work providing empirical and theoretical analyses of the institutional contexts that shape careers. Fifteen contributions are arranged in sections on conceptualizing careers and stratification processes, educational contexts and processes, education and labor force linkages, and social system contexts. Editor Kerckhoff (sociology, Duke U.) provides introductory material for each section, situating the essays within the context of previous stratification research over several generations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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