What do variables really tell us? When exactly do inventions occur? Why do we always miss
turning points as they transpire? When does what doesn't happen mean as much, if not …

This paper argues that the dominance of linear models has led many sociologists to
construe the social world in terms of a" general linear reality." This reality assumes (1) that …

I propose the log-multiplicative layer effect model for comparing mobility tables. The model
constrains cross-table variation in the origin-destination association to be the log …

The main interest of this review is in the developments in social mobility research during the
last ten years. These can be characterized as the revitalization of the class perspective …

1 Die Vorbereitungen fUr diese Arbeit reichen bis in das Jahr 1979 zuriick-Ihre Niederschrift
ist aber eine Sache der letzten zwolf Monate. Fur die Dauer dieser Zeit war ich an zwei …

Log-linear methods provide a powerful framework and the statistical apparatus for rigorously
analyzing categorical data. These methods were introduced and developed by Leo …

One of the important questions in industrial societies is how people attain their
socioeconomic position. It is a question of who gets ahead, and what determines individual …

Just as the hierarchy of the Church was the main avenue of advancement for the talented
and ambitious youth from the lower orders during the medieval period, and just as the …

This study is in the long-standing tradition of social mobility research. Starting with the path-
setting work of Pitirim Sorokin (1927) and early empirical studies by Natalie Rogoff (1953) …

Tous égaux? Page 1 René Levy, Dominique Joye, Olivier Guye, Vincent Kaufmann Tous
égaux? De la stratification aux représentations Page 2 Table des matières En guise de …