Social Mobility in Industrial Society / Seymour Martin Lipset and Reinhard Bendix.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lipset, Seymour Martin, author.

Bendix, Reinhard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social mobility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 1967.

Summary:

"Where else but in America," captains of industry are fond of saying, "could a penniless immigrant like Andrew Carnegie achieve so much?" "Any place else that has reached the same stage of industrial development," is the answer implicit in Social Mobility. The authors conclude, somewhat surprisingly, that is not noticeably easier to pull oneself up by the bootstraps in the "Land of Opportunity" than it is in a number of other countries. The very process of industrialization, with its growing demands for skilled management, prevents an elite in any nation form permanently establishing itself in a position of exclusive superiority. Even in states where neither political institutions nor official ideologies favor upward mobility, increasing industrialization requires a growing--and, consequently, a changing--elite class. The authors are concerned primarily with mobility in the total population, with movements into and out of the working class, though they report extensively on the social origins of business leaders in various countries. They deal, too, with the different values of different societies and with the motivation of the socially mobile. Solidly based on examination of studies in more than ten languages and of raw data from unpublished works, this is the first attempt in thirty years to bring together in one volume what is known of social mobility around the world. Here is the first systematic comparison of mobility patterns in such diverse countries as Sweden and Italy, Great Britain and Japan--a comparison backed by statistics and given added meaning by discussions of the causes and consequences of mobility. The authors analyze in detail the political implications of mobility and they explore the relationship between education and mobility. Their discussions of factors making for success or failure in school, of the role of intelligence

in mobility, of the effects on children of growing up in various environments, and of the varying personalities of the mobile and non-mobile bring together the work of both psychologists and sociologists. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1959.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Foreword

Preface

Contents

I. Introduction

The Analysis of Mobility

Part One: Social Mobility as a Characteristic of Societies

II. Social Mobility in Industrial Societies

Occupational Mobility

Postwar National Samples

Urban Mobility in Different Countries

Occupational Mobility-1900 to 1939

Elite Mobility

Status Mobility

Religious Values and Mobility

Mobility Trends and Social Structure

The Consequences of Social Mobility

Conclusions

III. Ideological Equalitarianism and Social Mobility in the United States

Ideological Equalitarianism

Equality of Opportunity" in the United States

Educational Opportunities

Business Careers

The Effect of Immigration and Migration

The Wealth of the United States

IV. Social Mobility and the American Business Elite

American Business Leaders Reexamined

Comparative Assessment of Research Findings

Part Two. Social Mobility in a Metropolitan Community

V. The Oakland Mobility Study

Characteristics of the Oakland Labor Market

The Sample of Respondents

The Sample of Jobs

VI. Intra-generational Mobility

Stability and Instability of Occupational Careers

Manual and Nonmanual Occupations

Upward and Downward Mobility

Specific Avenues of Mobility

VII. Some Sources of Inter-generational Mobility

Fathers' Occupations and Career Patterns of Sons

Father's Occupation and Educational Attainment

Social Origin and Entry into the Labor Market

Part Three. Causes, Consequences and Dimensions of Social Mobility

VIII. Community Structure

Urbanization

Comparative Data

The Patterns of Opportunity in Large Cities

The Advantages of Native Urbanites

IX. Intelligence and Motivation.

The Role of Intelligence

Differential Motivation

X. Social Mobility and Social Structure

Social Mobility of Individuals and Groups

Social Mobility as a Problem for Investigation

Appendix

Index of Names

Subject Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

9780520378513

0520378512

OCLC:

1441750914