Social inequality and mobility in history: introduction

A short synthesis of the historical and sociological literature that has proposed explanations for differences in social mobility over the past three centuries is presented. Three forms of social mobility are examined: intergenerational mobility (between parent and child); social homogamy and hetero...

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Published in:Continuity and change 2009-12, Vol.24 (3), p.399-419
Main Author: VAN LEEUWEN, MARCO H. D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Children
Class
Fathers
Historical analysis
History
Homogamy
Income inequality
Intergenerational Mobility
Marriage
Migration
Mill, John Stuart (1806-1873)
Occupational mobility
Occupational status
Parents & parenting
Social Inequality
Social Mobility
Sociology
Theory
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Summary:A short synthesis of the historical and sociological literature that has proposed explanations for differences in social mobility over the past three centuries is presented. Three forms of social mobility are examined: intergenerational mobility (between parent and child); social homogamy and heterogamy, or mobility at marriage (measured mostly between the father of a bride and the father of her groom); and then career mobility (taken over the course of a whole life).
ISSN:0268-4160
1469-218X
DOI:10.1017/S0268416009990142