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Peer reviewedBreiger, Ronald L. – American Journal of Sociology, 1981
Provides an analytical framework within which hypotheses of class structure are brought to bear in the formulation of models describing occupational mobility. In addition, the article presents seven falsifiable hypotheses about the social class structure of occupational mobility and assesses them within the new framework. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Evaluation, Models, Occupational Mobility, Social Class
Sorensen, Aage B. – Social Science Information sur les Sciences Sociales, 1976
Makes a case for the formulation of models of status attainment processes that not only model the outcomes of such processes, but also attempt to directly mirror the mechanisms that produce observed outcomes. Presents an evaluation of Boudon's contribution toward constructing such a model of the attainment processes. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Achievement, Economic Opportunities, Economic Research, Models
Dellenbarger, Ann Z. – 1986
Social stratification in agriculture is a complicated process without a theoretical paradigm. Research to date has typically focused on the stratification of farms rather than the social stratification of farmers. Therefore, identifying social classes in agriculture based on a typology of farms clearly misses the social relations segment of…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Production, Agriculture, Farm Labor
Carnoy, Martin; West, E. G. – 1976
This document comprises two papers. The first, by Professor Martin Carnoy of Stanford University, provides a dialectical view of the socialization functions of schooling. In the first part of his paper, Carnoy relates how the dialectical model best explains the historical mechanisms by which the socialization functions of schooling developed, and…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Comparative Analysis, Conceptual Schemes, Economic Factors
Sprague, Gregory A. – 1978
The paper discusses rationales for simulation gaming and describes "Spiegeldorf," a socio-historical game which simulates socioeconomic conditions in early 1930 Germany and Nazi party tactics used to gain mass support. Objectives are to identify characteristic Nazi tactics and points of political ideology, describe German social classes…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Educational Objectives, European History
Marx and Dahrendorf on Income Inequality, Class Consciousness and Class Conflict: An Empirical Test.
Robinson, Robert V.; Kelley, Jonathan – 1977
The issue addressed by this paper is the lack of empirical research on the class theories of Karl Marx and Ralf Dahrendorf. In order to bridge this gap, data are analyzed on the theoretical and statistical implications of Marx's theory (which focuses on ownership of the means of production) and Dahrendorf's theory (which focuses on authority in…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Conflict, Data Analysis, Economic Factors
