Scase Readings in the Swedish Class Structure

Readings in Sociology
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4831-8685-6
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 322 Seiten, Web PDF

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 and educational reforms and equality. The last part tackles inequality and political processes. The book will be of great use to sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, and social historians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scase, Richard

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Readings in the Swedish Class Structure;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Acknowledgements;8
6;Introduction;10
6.1;The Papers in this Volume;21
6.2;Notes;26
7;PART I: The Distribution of Economic Rewards;32
7.1;Chapter 1. Ownership and Influence in the Economy;34
7.1.1;Introduction;34
7.1.2;The Influence of Large Companies in the Economy;35
7.1.3;The Owners of Large Companies;41
7.1.4;Boards of Directors and Managers in Large Companies;48
7.1.5;Decision-making in Companies;51
7.1.6;The Distribution of Income and Wealth;54
7.1.7;Notes;58
7.2;Chapter 2. Class Conflict: Joint Regulation and its Decline^;60
7.2.1;1. Introduction;60
7.2.2;2. Joint Regulation by LO and SAF;62
7.2.3;3. Wage Drift and Wage Solidarity;70
7.2.4;4. The Working Class and the Middle Class;76
7.2.5;5. Rationalisation and the Employer's Rights;83
7.2.6;6. The Opposition to LO;90
7.2.7;7. Joint Regulation in Decline;92
7.2.8;8. Conclusion;96
7.2.9;Notes;98
7.3;Chapter 3. The Determination of Wage Structures in Manufacturing Industry;108
7.3.1;"Equality" and the Quality of Working Life -An Appraisal of Union Goals;116
7.3.2;Conclusion;122
7.3.3;Notes;124
7.4;Chapter 4. Poverty, Social Assistance and Social Policy in Sweden, 1945–72;128
7.4.1;Social assistance and relative poverty;129
7.4.2;Data on social assistance;130
7.4.3;Quality of life among the poor;131
7.4.4;Social structure and persistent poverty;133
7.4.5;Assistance rates and recipients,;137
7.4.6;The state of the economy and assistance rates;141
7.4.7;Single mothers;146
7.4.8;Marital status;148
7.4.9;The geography of poverty;150
7.4.10;Social policy, capitalist economy and poverty;153
7.4.11;Notes;156
7.5;Chapter 5. The Swedish Class Structure, 1930–65:A Marxist Analysis;160
7.5.1;Class and Class Analysis;160
7.5.2;Exploitation and Class Society;161
7.5.3;The Statistics used for the Present Analysis;163
7.5.4;The Working-class, 1930–65;163
7.5.5;The Bourgeoisie, 1930--65;165
7.5.6;The Petite-Bourgeoisie, 1930--65;167
7.5.7;The Middle Strata 1965--65,;171
7.5.8;Notes;176
8;PART II: The Distribution of Opportunities;178
8.1;Chapter 6. Patterns of Social Mobility;180
8.1.1;Introduction;180
8.1.2;Methods;181
8.1.3;The Recruitment of Social Groups;181
8.1.4;The Opportunities of Children from Different Social Backgrounds;182
8.1.5;Social Mobility within Different Age Groups;189
8.1.6;Social Mobility between Occupational Categories: Men;194
8.1.7;Social Mobility between Occupational Categories: Women;198
8.1.8;Opportunity and the Occupations of Fathers;202
8.1.9;Comparative Mobility Rates;206
8.1.10;Notes;212
8.2;Chapter 7. Educational Reforms and Educational Equality;214
8.2.1;Aspects of Educational Equality;214
8.2.2;Educational Reforms in Sweden;215
8.2.3;Social Background and Educational Choice in Sweden:Some Empirical Data;217
8.2.4;New Approaches to Educational Equality;227
8.2.5;Notes;230
9;PART III: Inequality and Political Processes;232
10;Chapter 8. Status-'Rejection, Idealogical Conviction and Some Other Hypotheses about Social Democratic Loyalty in Sweden*;234
10.1;Sweden a "Closed" Society;236
10.2;Alternative Hypotheses;237
10.3;The Recruitment Hypothesis;240
10.4;The Effective Trade Union Hypothesis;241
10.5;The ALPHA and OMEGA Hypotheses;244
10.6;The Status-Rejection and Status-Anxiety Hypotheses;248
10.7;The "Ideological Conviction" Hypothesis;254
10.8;Sunmiary and Conclusions;266
10.9;Notes;270
11;Chapter 9. Liberal-Democratic Theory and Political Processes;274
11.1;A Model of the Political Decision-Making Process;276
11.2;Method;277
11.3;Results of the Survey;278
11.4;Who are the "Political Outsiders"?;284
11.5;Liberal I>emocracy and Equality;290
11.6;Notes;294
12;Chapter 10 Inequality in Two Industrial Societies:Class, Status and Power in Britain and Sweden^;296
12.1; Class Inequality;296
12.2;Status Inequality;301
12.3;Power Inequality;304
12.4;Notes;318