Social class [Texte imprimé] : how does it work ? / [edited by] Annette Lareau and Dalton Conley

Notes bibliogr.

How class works : objective and subjective aspects of class since the 1970s / Michael Hout -- Are there social classes? A framework for testing sociology's favorite concept / David B. Grusky and Kim A. Weeden -- Education-based meritocracy : the barriers to its realization / John Goldthorpe and Michelle Jackson -- Class and the transition to adulthood / Annette Lareau and Elliot B. Weininger -- Breaking the class monolith : understanding class differences in black adolescents' attachment to racial identity / Karyn Lacy and Angel L. Harris -- Bringing sibling differences in : enlarging our understanding of the transmission of advantage in families / Dalton Conley -- Class and politics / Jeff Manza and Clem Brooks -- Social inequality and health : future directions for the fundamental cause explanation / Richard M. Carpiano, Bruce G. Link, and Jo C. Phelan -- Race, class, and neighborhoods / Mary Pattillo -- What does class inequality among women look like? A comparison with men and families, 1970-2000 / Leslie McCall -- Logics of class analysis / Erik Olin Wright -- Two oppositions in studies of class : a reflection / John Goldthorpe -- Reflections on "class matters" / Janny Scott -- Class notes / Roger D. Hodge -- Holding up a mirror to a classless society / Ray Suarez -- Reading class between the lines (of this volume) : a reflection on why we should stick to folk concepts of social class / Dalton Conley