Anthony Heath / John Ermisch / Duncan Gallie

Understanding Social Change

Herausgeber: Heath, Anthony F; Gallie, Duncan; Ermisch, John

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

These essays not only describe the major changes in British society in recent years, but seek to understand and explain what is happening. They consider the wide variety of mechanisms that underlie these changes, in particular processes of social interaction. The ill-understood nature of these mechanisms may be a major reason why so much social reform has proved ineffective. By highlighting the complexities of the causal mechanisms, sociological research can make a major contribution to policy and public debate. While these papers do not claim that sociology will provide all the answers, they demonstrate that it has made real progress in understanding the social changes that Britain has experienced in recent decades.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 375
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 165mm x 236mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 721g
• ISBN-13: 9780197263143
• ISBN-10: 0197263143
• Artikelnr.: 21242147

Autorenporträt

Anthony F. Heath, Professor of Sociology, Oxford University John Ermisch, Professor of Sociology, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex Duncan Gallie, Professor of Sociology, Oxford University

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* The Puzzling Rise in Childbearing Outside Marriage
* Why Did Class Inequalities in Educational Attainment Remain Unchanged
over Much of the Twentieth Century?
* Is Failure Inevitable? The Recent Fate of Secondary School Reforms
Intended to Alleviate Social Disadvantage
* The Puzzle of Work: Insecurity and Stress and Autonomy and Commitment
* Entrapment in Unemployment: Motivational Deficiency or Structural
Constraint?
* Gender and Pay: Some More Equal than Others
* Explaining Ethnic Minority Disadvantage
* The Puzzle of Retirement and Early Retirement SARAH HARPER and PETER
LASLETT
* The Social Origins of Depression and the Role of Meaning
* What are New Religious Movements Doing in a Secular Society?
* Victims' Rights in England and Wales at the Beginning of the
Twenty-first Century