Lucinda Platt is Professor of Social Policy and Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She previously directed the Millennium Cohort Study; and was a Panel Member of the IFS Deaton Review of Inequality. She has published in Social Forces, European Sociological Review, British Journal of Sociology, and International Migration Review among others, and with OUP and Polity. She is President of the European Academy of Sociology.Javier G. Polavieja is Research Professor at the Spanish National Research Council, and a Fellow of the European Academy of Sociology. He has published in leading journals including AJS, ASR, ESR, SER, Social Forces, and IMR, and contributed to works published by major academic presses. He serves on the editorial boards of European Sociological Review and Social Forces and has received several international awards.Herman G. van de Werfhorst holds a Chair in Sociology at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the European University Institute. He is on leave from the University of Amsterdam, where he has worked for 20 years. Van de Werfhorst's work concentrates on inequalities in and through education and has been published in journals such as American Sociological Review and in another edited volume from OUP.Markus Gangl is Professor of Sociology at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Gangl is an elected member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina) and of the European Academy of Sociology. He served as Associate Editor and then Editor-in-Chief of the European Sociological Review between 2014 and 2022.

• 1. Social Stratification Research: Achievements, Challenges and the Road Ahead Lucinda Platt, Javier G. Polavieja, Herman G. van de Werfhorst PART I - FUNDAMENTALS OF STRATIFICATION 2. The Microlevel Foundations of Social Stratification Processes: Perfect Rationality, Bounded Rationality, and Behavioral Approaches Carlo Barone 3. Class Louis-André Vallet 4. Gender as an Axis of Stratification Claudia Buchmann, Man Yao 5. Education and Stratification: Classical and Contemporary Questions and Research Herman G. van de Werfhorst, Heike Solga 6. Race and Ethnicity Anthony F. Heath, Yaojun Li, Divya Vaid 7. Life-Course Dynamics of Social Stratification and Mobility Anette Eva Fasang, Karl Ulrich Mayer PART II - CORE AREAS OF THE FIELD 8. What What We Know and Do Not Know About Social Mobility Martin Hällsten 9. Contemporary Class Analysis Daniel Oesch 10. Organizations and Stratification: Toward a Relational Inequality Model Dustin Avent-Holt, Safi Shams, Donald Tomaskovic-Devey 11. The Role of Education in the Intergenerational Mobility Process: Lessons from the United States Florencia Torche 12. Flexibility in Educational Systems: Concept, indicators, and proposed measurements Katarina Weßling, Rolf van der Velden 13. Cumulative Advantage, Intergenerational Reproduction, and Life-Course Mobility: A Synthetic Approach Thomas A. DiPrete 14. Social Stratification of Retirement Transition Konrad Turek, Kène Henkens 15. Influence of Family Relationships on Children's Social Mobility Barbara Schneider, Mathilda Smith 16. Homogamy within Romantic Relationships Diederik Boertien, Gøsta Esping-Andersen 17. Divorce and Inequality Bram Hogendoorn, Matthijs Kalmijn 18. Gender Inequality in the Labor Market: Trends, Sources, and Solutions Hadas Mandel, Assaf Rotman 19. Migration and Stratification Lucinda Platt 20. Discrimination Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund, Edvard Nergård Larsen 21. Spatial Segregation: Form, Consequences, and Dynamics Carolina Zuccotti 22. Racial Inequality in the United States: The More Things Change, . . . Samuel R. Lucas 23. Labor Market Institutions and Social Inequality Paolo Barbieri 24. The Welfare State and Economic Inequality David Brady 25. Class Politics: Dealignment, Realignment, and the Role of Parties Geoffrey Evans PART III - REFLECTIONS, DEBATES, AND EMERGING ISSUES 26. Genetics, Stratification, and Meritocracy Fumiya Uchikoshi, Dalton Conley 27. The "Dark Matter" of Stratification Research: Noncognitive Characteristics, Socioeconomic Attainment, and Social Mobility Michelle Jackson, Sophie Moullin 28. Neither Dry RATs nor Sticky Cultural Soup: Culture, Stratification, and the Problem of Endogenous Preferences Javier G. Polavieja 29. Health, Climate Change, and Stratification Jason Beckfield, Hanne Dahl Vonen 30. Wealth Inequality: A Relational Perspective Asher Dvir-Djerassi, Fabian T. Pfeffer 31. Populism and Inequality Jeff Manza, Bart Bonikowski, Sobha Gadi 32. The Education Divide and Support for Populists Jaap van Slageren, Matthijs Rooduijn 33. Social Stratification by Gender and Parenthood: The Importance of Family Formation, Gender Roles, and Ideals Marie Evertsson, Charlotta Magnusson, Maaike van der Vleuten 34. Understanding Immigrant Labor Market Stratification: What Can the Case of Recent Refugee Migration to Europe Contribute? Irena Kogan, Yuliya Kosyakova 35. Inequality and Stratification in the Transitions from Socialism Theodore P. Gerber, Michael Zaslavsky 36. Inequality and Stratification in Latin America Mauricio Salgado, Javier Castillo 37. Inequality and Stratification in East Asia Hyunjoon Park, Hiroshi Ishida, Kuo-Hsien Su 38. Modernization and Long-term Trends in Social Mobility Ineke Maas, Marco H. D. van Leeuwen

Lucinda Platt is Professor of Social Policy and Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She previously directed the Millennium Cohort Study; and was a Panel Member of the IFS Deaton Review of Inequality. She has published in Social Forces, European Sociological Review, British Journal of Sociology, and International Migration Review among others, and with OUP and Polity. She is President of the European Academy of Sociology.Javier G. Polavieja is Research Professor at the Spanish National Research Council, and a Fellow of the European Academy of Sociology. He has published in leading journals including AJS, ASR, ESR, SER, Social Forces, and IMR, and contributed to works published by major academic presses. He serves on the editorial boards of European Sociological Review and Social Forces and has received several international awards.Herman G. van de Werfhorst holds a Chair in Sociology at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the European University Institute. He is on leave from the University of Amsterdam, where he has worked for 20 years. Van de Werfhorst's work concentrates on inequalities in and through education and has been published in journals such as American Sociological Review and in another edited volume from OUP.Markus Gangl is Professor of Sociology at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Gangl is an elected member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina) and of the European Academy of Sociology. He served as Associate Editor and then Editor-in-Chief of the European Sociological Review between 2014 and 2022.

• 1. Social Stratification Research: Achievements, Challenges and the Road Ahead Lucinda Platt, Javier G. Polavieja, Herman G. van de Werfhorst PART I - FUNDAMENTALS OF STRATIFICATION 2. The Microlevel Foundations of Social Stratification Processes: Perfect Rationality, Bounded Rationality, and Behavioral Approaches Carlo Barone 3. Class Louis-André Vallet 4. Gender as an Axis of Stratification Claudia Buchmann, Man Yao 5. Education and Stratification: Classical and Contemporary Questions and Research Herman G. van de Werfhorst, Heike Solga 6. Race and Ethnicity Anthony F. Heath, Yaojun Li, Divya Vaid 7. Life-Course Dynamics of Social Stratification and Mobility Anette Eva Fasang, Karl Ulrich Mayer PART II - CORE AREAS OF THE FIELD 8. What What We Know and Do Not Know About Social Mobility Martin Hällsten 9. Contemporary Class Analysis Daniel Oesch 10. Organizations and Stratification: Toward a Relational Inequality Model Dustin Avent-Holt, Safi Shams, Donald Tomaskovic-Devey 11. The Role of Education in the Intergenerational Mobility Process: Lessons from the United States Florencia Torche 12. Flexibility in Educational Systems: Concept, indicators, and proposed measurements Katarina Weßling, Rolf van der Velden 13. Cumulative Advantage, Intergenerational Reproduction, and Life-Course Mobility: A Synthetic Approach Thomas A. DiPrete 14. Social Stratification of Retirement Transition Konrad Turek, Kène Henkens 15. Influence of Family Relationships on Children's Social Mobility Barbara Schneider, Mathilda Smith 16. Homogamy within Romantic Relationships Diederik Boertien, Gøsta Esping-Andersen 17. Divorce and Inequality Bram Hogendoorn, Matthijs Kalmijn 18. Gender Inequality in the Labor Market: Trends, Sources, and Solutions Hadas Mandel, Assaf Rotman 19. Migration and Stratification Lucinda Platt 20. Discrimination Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund, Edvard Nergård Larsen 21. Spatial Segregation: Form, Consequences, and Dynamics Carolina Zuccotti 22. Racial Inequality in the United States: The More Things Change, . . . Samuel R. Lucas 23. Labor Market Institutions and Social Inequality Paolo Barbieri 24. The Welfare State and Economic Inequality David Brady 25. Class Politics: Dealignment, Realignment, and the Role of Parties Geoffrey Evans PART III - REFLECTIONS, DEBATES, AND EMERGING ISSUES 26. Genetics, Stratification, and Meritocracy Fumiya Uchikoshi, Dalton Conley 27. The "Dark Matter" of Stratification Research: Noncognitive Characteristics, Socioeconomic Attainment, and Social Mobility Michelle Jackson, Sophie Moullin 28. Neither Dry RATs nor Sticky Cultural Soup: Culture, Stratification, and the Problem of Endogenous Preferences Javier G. Polavieja 29. Health, Climate Change, and Stratification Jason Beckfield, Hanne Dahl Vonen 30. Wealth Inequality: A Relational Perspective Asher Dvir-Djerassi, Fabian T. Pfeffer 31. Populism and Inequality Jeff Manza, Bart Bonikowski, Sobha Gadi 32. The Education Divide and Support for Populists Jaap van Slageren, Matthijs Rooduijn 33. Social Stratification by Gender and Parenthood: The Importance of Family Formation, Gender Roles, and Ideals Marie Evertsson, Charlotta Magnusson, Maaike van der Vleuten 34. Understanding Immigrant Labor Market Stratification: What Can the Case of Recent Refugee Migration to Europe Contribute? Irena Kogan, Yuliya Kosyakova 35. Inequality and Stratification in the Transitions from Socialism Theodore P. Gerber, Michael Zaslavsky 36. Inequality and Stratification in Latin America Mauricio Salgado, Javier Castillo 37. Inequality and Stratification in East Asia Hyunjoon Park, Hiroshi Ishida, Kuo-Hsien Su 38. Modernization and Long-term Trends in Social Mobility Ineke Maas, Marco H. D. van Leeuwen

Lucinda Platt is Professor of Social Policy and Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She previously directed the Millennium Cohort Study; and was a Panel Member of the IFS Deaton Review of Inequality. She has published in Social Forces, European Sociological Review, British Journal of Sociology, and International Migration Review among others, and with OUP and Polity. She is President of the European Academy of Sociology.Javier G. Polavieja is Research Professor at the Spanish National Research Council, and a Fellow of the European Academy of Sociology. He has published in leading journals including AJS, ASR, ESR, SER, Social Forces, and IMR, and contributed to works published by major academic presses. He serves on the editorial boards of European Sociological Review and Social Forces and has received several international awards.Herman G. van de Werfhorst holds a Chair in Sociology at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the European University Institute. He is on leave from the University of Amsterdam, where he has worked for 20 years. Van de Werfhorst's work concentrates on inequalities in and through education and has been published in journals such as American Sociological Review and in another edited volume from OUP.Markus Gangl is Professor of Sociology at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Gangl is an elected member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina) and of the European Academy of Sociology. He served as Associate Editor and then Editor-in-Chief of the European Sociological Review between 2014 and 2022.

• 1. Social Stratification Research: Achievements, Challenges and the Road Ahead Lucinda Platt, Javier G. Polavieja, Herman G. van de Werfhorst PART I - FUNDAMENTALS OF STRATIFICATION 2. The Microlevel Foundations of Social Stratification Processes: Perfect Rationality, Bounded Rationality, and Behavioral Approaches Carlo Barone 3. Class Louis-André Vallet 4. Gender as an Axis of Stratification Claudia Buchmann, Man Yao 5. Education and Stratification: Classical and Contemporary Questions and Research Herman G. van de Werfhorst, Heike Solga 6. Race and Ethnicity Anthony F. Heath, Yaojun Li, Divya Vaid 7. Life-Course Dynamics of Social Stratification and Mobility Anette Eva Fasang, Karl Ulrich Mayer PART II - CORE AREAS OF THE FIELD 8. What What We Know and Do Not Know About Social Mobility Martin Hällsten 9. Contemporary Class Analysis Daniel Oesch 10. Organizations and Stratification: Toward a Relational Inequality Model Dustin Avent-Holt, Safi Shams, Donald Tomaskovic-Devey 11. The Role of Education in the Intergenerational Mobility Process: Lessons from the United States Florencia Torche 12. Flexibility in Educational Systems: Concept, indicators, and proposed measurements Katarina Weßling, Rolf van der Velden 13. Cumulative Advantage, Intergenerational Reproduction, and Life-Course Mobility: A Synthetic Approach Thomas A. DiPrete 14. Social Stratification of Retirement Transition Konrad Turek, Kène Henkens 15. Influence of Family Relationships on Children's Social Mobility Barbara Schneider, Mathilda Smith 16. Homogamy within Romantic Relationships Diederik Boertien, Gøsta Esping-Andersen 17. Divorce and Inequality Bram Hogendoorn, Matthijs Kalmijn 18. Gender Inequality in the Labor Market: Trends, Sources, and Solutions Hadas Mandel, Assaf Rotman 19. Migration and Stratification Lucinda Platt 20. Discrimination Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund, Edvard Nergård Larsen 21. Spatial Segregation: Form, Consequences, and Dynamics Carolina Zuccotti 22. Racial Inequality in the United States: The More Things Change, . . . Samuel R. Lucas 23. Labor Market Institutions and Social Inequality Paolo Barbieri 24. The Welfare State and Economic Inequality David Brady 25. Class Politics: Dealignment, Realignment, and the Role of Parties Geoffrey Evans PART III - REFLECTIONS, DEBATES, AND EMERGING ISSUES 26. Genetics, Stratification, and Meritocracy Fumiya Uchikoshi, Dalton Conley 27. The "Dark Matter" of Stratification Research: Noncognitive Characteristics, Socioeconomic Attainment, and Social Mobility Michelle Jackson, Sophie Moullin 28. Neither Dry RATs nor Sticky Cultural Soup: Culture, Stratification, and the Problem of Endogenous Preferences Javier G. Polavieja 29. Health, Climate Change, and Stratification Jason Beckfield, Hanne Dahl Vonen 30. Wealth Inequality: A Relational Perspective Asher Dvir-Djerassi, Fabian T. Pfeffer 31. Populism and Inequality Jeff Manza, Bart Bonikowski, Sobha Gadi 32. The Education Divide and Support for Populists Jaap van Slageren, Matthijs Rooduijn 33. Social Stratification by Gender and Parenthood: The Importance of Family Formation, Gender Roles, and Ideals Marie Evertsson, Charlotta Magnusson, Maaike van der Vleuten 34. Understanding Immigrant Labor Market Stratification: What Can the Case of Recent Refugee Migration to Europe Contribute? Irena Kogan, Yuliya Kosyakova 35. Inequality and Stratification in the Transitions from Socialism Theodore P. Gerber, Michael Zaslavsky 36. Inequality and Stratification in Latin America Mauricio Salgado, Javier Castillo 37. Inequality and Stratification in East Asia Hyunjoon Park, Hiroshi Ishida, Kuo-Hsien Su 38. Modernization and Long-term Trends in Social Mobility Ineke Maas, Marco H. D. van Leeuwen