Diverging Pathways

Social Structure and Career Deflections

AvAlan C. Kerckhoff

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

Diverging Pathways follows the careers of a British birth cohort into early adulthood, presenting a detailed picture of the family backgrounds and the school and early labour force achievements of the cohort. The study portrays how the social arrangements of society's institutions deflect people's achievement patterns. Different kinds of schools, ability groups within schools, and differences between industries and firms lead comparable individuals to achieve at very different levels in society and the book shows that the cumulative effects of being placed in advantaged or disadvantaged locations make their achievements highly divergent in adulthood. The study reports on major career differences between men and women and describes how the interface between post-secondary education and the labour force alters some of the outcomes of elementary and secondary schooling.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-01-18
Mått:152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt:426 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521033206

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi och antropologi inom Samhälle och politik

Recensioner i media

"An exemplar of the new genre of status attainment studies which accord socialization and allocation processes coequal standing, Diverging Pathways takes social structure seriously....A brief review couldn't possibly do justice to the book's findings....[T]he overriding message of Diverging Pathways is that school and labor market structures are of great consequence and its evidence on this score seems to me quite compelling." Karl L. Alexander, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

Innehållsförteckning

List of tables and figures; Foreword James S. Coleman; Preface; 1. Institutional structure and achievement; 2. Tracing a British birth cohort; 3. Elementary school: the opening wedge; 4. Secondary school: increased dispersion; 5. Alternative pathways after secondary school; 6. Randomization and consolidation in the labour force; 7. Structural linkages, careers and career lines; 8. The cumulative effects of structure; 9. Structural differentiation: necessary evil or policy instrument?; Appendix: description of variables; Notes; References; Subject index.