Mapping the social class structure: From occupational mobility to social class categories using network analysis
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Mapping the social class structure : From occupational mobility to social class categories using network analysis. / Toubøl, Jonas; Larsen, Anton Grau.
I: Sociology, Bind 51, Nr. 6, 04.12.2017, s. 1257-1276.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Mapping the social class structure
T2 - From occupational mobility to social class categories using network analysis
AU - Toubøl, Jonas
AU - Larsen, Anton Grau
PY - 2017/12/4
Y1 - 2017/12/4
N2 - This article develops a new explorative method for deriving social class categories from patterns of occupational mobility. In line with Max Weber, our research is based on the notion that, if class boundaries do not inhibit social mobility then the class categories are of little value. Thus, unlike dominant, theoretically defined class schemes, this article derives social class categories from observed patterns in a mobility network covering intra-generational mobility. The network is based on a mobility table of 109 occupational categories tied together by 1,590,834 job shifts on the Danish labour market 2001–2007. The number of categories are reduced from 109 to 34 by applying a new clustering algorithm specifically designed for the study of mobility tables (MONECA). These intra-generational social class categories are related to the central discussions of gender, income, education and political action by providing empirical evidence of strong patterns of intra-generational class divisions along these lines.
AB - This article develops a new explorative method for deriving social class categories from patterns of occupational mobility. In line with Max Weber, our research is based on the notion that, if class boundaries do not inhibit social mobility then the class categories are of little value. Thus, unlike dominant, theoretically defined class schemes, this article derives social class categories from observed patterns in a mobility network covering intra-generational mobility. The network is based on a mobility table of 109 occupational categories tied together by 1,590,834 job shifts on the Danish labour market 2001–2007. The number of categories are reduced from 109 to 34 by applying a new clustering algorithm specifically designed for the study of mobility tables (MONECA). These intra-generational social class categories are related to the central discussions of gender, income, education and political action by providing empirical evidence of strong patterns of intra-generational class divisions along these lines.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Class analysis
KW - Cluster analysis
KW - Intra-generational social mobility
KW - Methodology
KW - MONECA
KW - Social network analysis
KW - Social class
KW - Class theory
U2 - 10.1177/0038038517704819
DO - 10.1177/0038038517704819
M3 - Journal article
VL - 51
SP - 1257
EP - 1276
JO - Sociology
JF - Sociology
SN - 0038-0385
IS - 6
ER -
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