Comparative Studies of Social Structure: Recent German Research on France, the United States and the Federal Republic

Recent German Research on France, the United States and the Federal Republic
1. Auflage 1987
ISBN: 978-0-87332-408-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

A collection of essays with the purpose of stimulate interest and provoke discussion and criticism, and so contributing to our understanding of the three very different societies of France, the USA and Germany. Each essay stands on its own, and it is the authors’ intention to explain some of the differences between Germany and the United States in the first article. The second essay suggests that career mobility in France has more in common with social mobility in the United States than in Germany. The third essay, while not an explicitly comparative analysis, was included because it clearly shows the close links between the educational and occupational systems in Germany, a source of major differences with the United States, at least until the 1980s. The last section contains analyses of income attainment. Drawing on studies in the United States conducted by Erik O. Wright, the fourth essay compares the effects of education and position on income attainment. Since these can be construed as class effects, we were also curious about other types of potential positional and nonvertical income differences in a comparison of France, the United States, and the Federal Republic of Germany (the fifth essay). The concluding summary is very brief, giving only preliminary answers to the more detailed questions raised in the comparative empirical research projects.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Teckenberg, W.

Teckenberg, Wolfgang

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface, PART I. MOBILITY PATTERNS IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC AND THE UNITED STATES, Intergenerational and Career Mobility in the Federal Republic and the United States, PART II. CAREER MOBILITY IN FRANCE AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC, Employment and Career Mobility of Women in France and the Federal Republic, Entry into the Labor Market and Occupational Career in the Federal Republic: A Comparison with American Studies, PART III. INCOME ATTAINMENT IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC, THE UNITED STATES, AND FRANCE, Class Position and Income Inequality: Comparing Results for the Federal Republic with Current U.S. Research, Positional and Sectoral Differences in Income: The Federal Republic, France, and the United States, Summary and Discussion, References, About the Editor

Über Autor(innen)

Wolfgang Teckenberg was trained in sociology, history, and languages at the University of Cologne. He was an assistant professor at the Institute of Sociology, University of Kiel, from 1978 until 1985, and is currently at the Institute of Sociology, University of Heidelberg. During 1981–82, as a German Marshall Fund fellow, Teckenberg was visiting scholar at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and at Columbia University in New York. He has done extensive research on social stratification, mobility, and the impact of class in comparative perspective and has published numerous articles on these and other sociological topics. He is the author of The Social Structure of the Soviet Working Class: Toward an Estatist Society? (International Journal of Sociology, Vol. X I, No. 4) and of the USSR volume in the Gegenwartgesellschaften [Contemporary Societies] series published by Teubner Verlag (1983).