ABSTRACT
In this book some of the leading stratification scholars in the U.S. present empirical and theoretical essays about the institutional contexts that shape careers. Building on recent advances in theory, data, and analytic technique, the essays in this volume work toward the goal of identifying and assessing the processes by which a birth cohort is distributed in the stratification system, given their positions of origin in that system. Alan Kerckhoff's introduction situates the studies in this volume within the context of previous stratification research over several generations, making the book an invaluable resource for scholars and graduate students.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|56 pages
Conceptualizing Careers and Stratification Processes
part Two|114 pages
Educational Contexts and Processes
part Three|119 pages
Education and Labor Force Linkages
part Four|68 pages
Social System Contexts