Social Mobility in Industrial Society

by Seymour Lipset (Editor)

Overview

In a careful analysis of the existing literature, the authors marshal an imposing array of evidence in support of their major argument that social mobility is an integral and continuing aspect of the process of industrialization. This classic volume continues to be a basic reference source in the field of occupational mobility.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781351306348
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/27/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	332
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Seymour Lipset

Table of Contents

I: Introduction to the Original Edition; One: Social Mobility as a Characteristic of Societies; II: Social Mobility in Industrial Societies; III: Ideological EqualUarianism and Social Mobility in the United States; IV: Social Mobility and the American Business Elite; Two: Social Mobility in a Metropolitan Community; V: The Oakland Mobility Study; VI: Intra-generational Mobility; VII: Some Sources of Inter-generational Mobility; Three: Causes, Consequences and Dimensions of Social Mobility; VIII: Community Structure; IX: Intelligence and Motivation; X: Social Mobility and Social Structure; Intra-generational Mobility in Great Britain, Japan, and the United States