John Goldthorpe: Consensus And Controversy

This volume forms part of a series on contemporary sociologists. The work of each scholar chosen is internationally recognized and relates to the core of sociology in the 1990s. This text covers the main themes of John Goldthorpe's work, and includes his replies to criticisms of his ideas.

Part 1 Class analysis: John Goldthorpe and class analysis, G.Marshall; class and society - a critique of John Goldthorpe's model of social classes, G.Ahrne. Part 2 Critique of Marxist theories of class and historical development: class and economic development - a critique of Marxist theories, G.Gagliani; Goldthorpe and Marxist theories of historical development, R.Crompton. Part 3 Class and gender: women and class analysis, S.McRae; Goldthorpe on class gender - the case against, S.Dex. Part 4 Class and political partisanship: class and political partisanship, A.Heath; ideology, sociology and labour party strategy, D.Kavanagh. Part 5 Class and industrial relations: social class, social integration and industrial relations, W.Roche; class and industrial relations - sociological bricks without institutional straw, W.Brown. Part 6 Capitalism and corporatism: capitalism and corporatism - the political economy of advanced capitalist societies, N.Hardiman; post- fordist capitalism? - corporatism and dualism in Britain and West Germany, J.Esser. Part 7 Corporatism and Neo-liberalism - sociology, political philosophy and distributive justice, R.Plant. Part 8 Social mobility in Britain: social mobility in Britain, J.Westergaard; social mobility in Britain - a contrary view, G.Payne. Part 9 Comparative social mobility: social mobility in industrial nations, W.Muller; the failure of a paradigm - log-linear models of social mobility, J.Kelley. Part 10 Theory and research in sociology: theory, rhetoric and research - John Goldthorpe's tennis player view of society and sociology, K.U.Mayer; ideology and action in the work of John Goldthorpe, T.Johnson. Part 11 A response, J.Goldthorpe.

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