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Social Inequalities and Occupational Stratification

Methods and Concepts in the Analysis of Social Distance

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Provides a unique archive of technical materials on relevant analytical approaches and statistical techniques towards the study of social inequalities

  • Utilises the sociological concepts of homophily and endogamy within its analysis of social distance between people belonging to different occupations

  • Outlines a number of influential approaches to measuring social stratification, including different measures of social class and popular stratification scales

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Introduction

    • Paul Lambert, Dave Griffiths
    Pages 1-12
  3. Homophily and Endogamy

    • Paul Lambert, Dave Griffiths
    Pages 13-33
  4. Measures of Social Stratification

    • Paul Lambert, Dave Griffiths
    Pages 35-70
  5. CAMSIS and the Analysis of Social Interaction Distance

    • Paul Lambert, Dave Griffiths
    Pages 71-105
  6. Evaluating CAMSIS Scales

    • Paul Lambert, Dave Griffiths
    Pages 107-137
  7. Constructing CAMSIS Scales

    • Paul Lambert, Dave Griffiths
    Pages 139-186
  8. Networked Occupations

    • Paul Lambert, Dave Griffiths
    Pages 187-208
  9. Social Network Analysis of Occupational Connections

    • Paul Lambert, Dave Griffiths
    Pages 209-246
  10. Occupational-Level Residuals and Distributional Parameters

    • Paul Lambert, Dave Griffiths
    Pages 247-278
  11. Social Interactions and Educational Inequality

    • Paul Lambert, Dave Griffiths
    Pages 279-312
  12. Conclusions

    • Paul Lambert, Dave Griffiths
    Pages 337-349
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 351-384

About this book

This book explores how structures of social inequality are linked to the social connections that people hold. The authors focus upon occupational inequalities where they see, for example, that the typical friendship patterns of people from one occupation are often very different to those of people from another.

Social Inequalities and Occupational Stratification leverages empirical data about differences in social connections to chart structures of social distance and social inequality. Several of its chapters provide coverage of the long-standing Cambridge Social Interaction and Stratification scale (CAMSIS) project and its approach to analysing social interaction patterns in terms of a single dimension related to social inequality. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom

    Paul Lambert, Dave Griffiths

About the authors

Paul Lambert is a Professor at the University of Stirling, UK. He has worked since 1999 as part of the CAMSIS project on occupations and social interactions. 

Dave Griffiths is a Lecturer in Quantitative Methods at the University of Stirling, UK, where he teaches on social networks, social inequalities, and on advanced social research methods. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Social Inequalities and Occupational Stratification

  • Book Subtitle: Methods and Concepts in the Analysis of Social Distance

  • Authors: Paul Lambert, Dave Griffiths

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-02253-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-02252-3Published: 30 April 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-66864-9Published: 04 November 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-02253-0Published: 18 April 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 384

  • Number of Illustrations: 67 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Sociology of Work, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Research Methodology

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