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Readings in the Swedish Class Structure is a collection of papers that covers the Swedish class structure. The book is comprised of 10 chapters that are organized into three parts; each part presents articles that tackle a concern in the Swedish class system. The text first covers the distribution o...
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Pergamon Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 1976. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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Readings in sociology
Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080166636 |
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Readings in the Swedish Class Structure is a collection of papers that covers the Swedish class structure. The book is comprised of 10 chapters that are organized into three parts; each part presents articles that tackle a concern in the Swedish class system. The text first covers the distribution of economic rewards, which includes ownership and influence in the economy; determination of wage structures in manufacturing industry; and a Marxist analysis of the Swedish class structure. The next part deals with the distribution of opportunities; this part examines the patterns of social mobility. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (viii, 314 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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9781483186856 1483186857 |
| Index Number: | HN580 |
| CLC: | D753.26 |
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Front Cover; Readings in the Swedish Class Structure; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Papers in this Volume; Notes; PART I: The Distribution of Economic Rewards; Chapter 1. Ownership and Influence in the Economy; Introduction; The Influence of Large Companies in the Economy; The Owners of Large Companies; Boards of Directors and Managers in Large Companies; Decision-making in Companies; The Distribution of Income and Wealth; Notes; Chapter 2. Class Conflict: Joint Regulation and its Decline^; 1. Introduction; 2. Joint Regulation by LO and SAF 3. Wage Drift and Wage Solidarity4. The Working Class and the Middle Class; 5. Rationalisation and the Employer's Rights; 6. The Opposition to LO; 7. Joint Regulation in Decline; 8. Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3. The Determination of Wage Structures in Manufacturing Industry; ""Equality"" and the Quality of Working Life -An Appraisal of Union Goals; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 4. Poverty, Social Assistance and Social Policy in Sweden, 1945-72; Social assistance and relative poverty; Data on social assistance; Quality of life among the poor; Social structure and persistent poverty Assistance rates and recipients,The state of the economy and assistance rates; Single mothers; Marital status; The geography of poverty; Social policy, capitalist economy and poverty; Notes; Chapter 5. The Swedish Class Structure, 1930-65:A Marxist Analysis; Class and Class Analysis; Exploitation and Class Society; The Statistics used for the Present Analysis; The Working-class, 1930-65; The Bourgeoisie, 1930 -- 65; The Petite-Bourgeoisie, 1930 -- 65; The Middle Strata 1965 -- 65,; Notes; PART II: The Distribution of Opportunities; Chapter 6. Patterns of Social Mobility; Introduction; Methods The Recruitment of Social GroupsThe Opportunities of Children from Different Social Backgrounds; Social Mobility within Different Age Groups; Social Mobility between Occupational Categories: Men; Social Mobility between Occupational Categories: Women; Opportunity and the Occupations of Fathers; Comparative Mobility Rates; Notes; Chapter 7. Educational Reforms and Educational Equality; Aspects of Educational Equality; Educational Reforms in Sweden; Social Background and Educational Choice in Sweden:Some Empirical Data; New Approaches to Educational Equality; Notes PART III: Inequality and Political ProcessesChapter 8. Status-'Rejection, Idealogical Conviction and Some Other Hypotheses about Social Democratic Loyalty in Sweden*; Sweden a ""Closed"" Society; Alternative Hypotheses; The Recruitment Hypothesis; The Effective Trade Union Hypothesis; The ALPHA and OMEGA Hypotheses; The Status-Rejection and Status-Anxiety Hypotheses; The ""Ideological Conviction"" Hypothesis; Sunmiary and Conclusions; Notes; Chapter 9. Liberal-Democratic Theory and Political Processes; A Model of the Political Decision-Making Process; Method; Results of the Survey |