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Pathways to Social Class

A Qualitative Approach to Social Mobility

Daniel Bertaux and Paul Thompson
With contributions by Rudolf Andorka, Isabelle Bertaux-Wiame, Giovanni Contini, Brian Elliott, Mike Savage, and David Vincent

Calling for a newer and broader approach to social mobility research, Daniel Bertaux and Paul Thompson--with contributions from several able researchers--move beyond pure statistics to employ qualitative techniques, such as life stories and family case studies, to examine more closely the dynamics of mobility and explore more thoroughly the fundamental questions of sociology.

Until now, the extensive sociological literature on mobility has been largely based on the survey method. So, although we have enjoyed access to an abundance of statistical data, there has been little information available on why and how people follow particular life paths.

This book combines the strengths of both qualitative and quantitative research methods to address such questions as:

What exactly is transmitted between generations in a given social class--is it wealth or land, occupational models or skills, social networks, or values and orientations?

What kinds of assets can immigrants draw on?

How can a social elite survive the upheaval of a popular revolution?

How does marriage change the social mobility of men and women?

To what extent can one locality (or house or home) shape mobility paths and aspirations?

In what way(s) do dreams of mobility matter?

Pathways to Social Class

A Qualitative Approach to Social Mobility

Daniel Bertaux and Paul Thompson
With contributions by Rudolf Andorka, Isabelle Bertaux-Wiame, Giovanni Contini, Brian Elliott, Mike Savage, and David Vincent

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Calling for a broader new approach to social mobility research which goes beyond statistics and utilizes life stories and family case histories, this richly suggestive volume explores sociological issues such as transmission between family generations, how immigrants make good, how social elites survive revolutions, and the meanings of houses, places and dreams for mobility.

Pathways to Social Class

A Qualitative Approach to Social Mobility

Daniel Bertaux and Paul Thompson
With contributions by Rudolf Andorka, Isabelle Bertaux-Wiame, Giovanni Contini, Brian Elliott, Mike Savage, and David Vincent

Introduction, Daniel Bertaux and Paul Thompson
Women, Men, and Transgenerational Family Influences in Social Mobility, Paul Thompson
Heritage and its Lineage: A Case History of Transmission and Social Mobility over Five Generations, Daniel Bertaux and Isabelle Bertaux-Wiame
Shadow and Reality in Occupational History: Britain in the First Half of the Twentieth Century, David Vincent
The Familial Meaning of Housing in Social Rootedness and Mobility: Britain and France, Isabelle Bertaux-Wiame and Paul Thompson
The Local World View: Social Change and Memory in Three Tuscan Communes, Giovanni Contini
Migration, Mobility, and Social Process: Scottish Migrants in Canada, Brian Elliott
Transmission in Extreme Situations: Russian Families Expropriated by the October Revolution, Daniel Bertaux
Social Mobility in Hungary since the Second World War: Interpretations through Surveys and through Families' Histories, Rudolf Andorka
Social Mobility and the Survey Method: A Critical Analysis, Mike Savage

Pathways to Social Class

A Qualitative Approach to Social Mobility

Daniel Bertaux and Paul Thompson
With contributions by Rudolf Andorka, Isabelle Bertaux-Wiame, Giovanni Contini, Brian Elliott, Mike Savage, and David Vincent

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"Especially for those American social scientists used to thinking of mobility studies as sophisticated statistical analyses of large numbers of variables in massive national data sets, the eights studies included here are themselves refreshing and unusual in their approach and specific subject matter...The richness of the details in the family chronicles suggests new information for the content of mobility theories and a new agenda for mobility studies."--Social Forces

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A Qualitative Approach to Social Mobility

Daniel Bertaux and Paul Thompson
With contributions by Rudolf Andorka, Isabelle Bertaux-Wiame, Giovanni Contini, Brian Elliott, Mike Savage, and David Vincent

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A Qualitative Approach to Social Mobility

Daniel Bertaux and Paul Thompson
With contributions by Rudolf Andorka, Isabelle Bertaux-Wiame, Giovanni Contini, Brian Elliott, Mike Savage, and David Vincent

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Pathways to Social Class

A Qualitative Approach to Social Mobility

Daniel Bertaux and Paul Thompson
With contributions by Rudolf Andorka, Isabelle Bertaux-Wiame, Giovanni Contini, Brian Elliott, Mike Savage, and David Vincent

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Pathways to Social Class

A Qualitative Approach to Social Mobility

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With contributions by Rudolf Andorka, Isabelle Bertaux-Wiame, Giovanni Contini, Brian Elliott, Mike Savage, and David Vincent

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A Qualitative Approach to Social Mobility

Daniel Bertaux and Paul Thompson With contributions by Rudolf Andorka, Isabelle Bertaux-Wiame, Giovanni Contini, Brian Elliott, Mike Savage, and David Vincent

Pathways to Social Class

A Qualitative Approach to Social Mobility

Daniel Bertaux and Paul Thompson With contributions by Rudolf Andorka, Isabelle Bertaux-Wiame, Giovanni Contini, Brian Elliott, Mike Savage, and David Vincent

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Pathways to Social Class

A Qualitative Approach to Social Mobility

Daniel Bertaux and Paul Thompson With contributions by Rudolf Andorka, Isabelle Bertaux-Wiame, Giovanni Contini, Brian Elliott, Mike Savage, and David Vincent

Table of Contents

Pathways to Social Class

A Qualitative Approach to Social Mobility

Daniel Bertaux and Paul Thompson With contributions by Rudolf Andorka, Isabelle Bertaux-Wiame, Giovanni Contini, Brian Elliott, Mike Savage, and David Vincent

Reviews and Awards

Also of Interest

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With contributions by Rudolf Andorka, Isabelle Bertaux-Wiame, Giovanni Contini, Brian Elliott, Mike Savage, and David Vincent