The next generation of historical studies on social mobility: some remarks

The new wave of historical social mobility studies promises to provide better answers to key questions in history, economics, sociology and demography concerning trends and determinants of social mobility (broadly understood to include social homogamy, the history of the career and intergenerational...

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Published in:Continuity and change 2009-12, Vol.24 (3), p.547-560
Main Author: VAN LEEUWEN, MARCO H. D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Class
Demography
Economics
Historical analysis
History
Homogamy
Intergenerational Mobility
Occupational status
Research methodology
Social classes
Social conditions & trends
Social inequality
Social Mobility
Sociology
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Summary:The new wave of historical social mobility studies promises to provide better answers to key questions in history, economics, sociology and demography concerning trends and determinants of social mobility (broadly understood to include social homogamy, the history of the career and intergenerational social mobility), and to approach those issues by examining a considerably longer period than has been done before. The combination of ideas, methods and data with a large disciplinary, temporal and regional coverage will allow both new and better answers to old questions and fresh answers to new questions.
ISSN:0268-4160
1469-218X
DOI:10.1017/S0268416009990191