Kinder aus Einwanderungsfamilien haben oft hohe Bildungsziele. Die Hoffnung, erwartete Diskriminierung durch Bildung überwinden zu können, spielt dabei keine Rolle. Vielmehr übernehmen die Kinder Aufstiegshoffnungen ihrer Eltern.

Eine Umfrage unter Schülerinnen und Schülern zeigt: Ein Drittel ist politisch aktiv. Zu den Aktiven gehört die klassische Klientel gut ausgebildeter und vernetzter Jugendlicher aus bürgerlichem Hause. Die Mehrzahl der politisch Engagierten allerdings sind religiös gebundene Jugendliche aus...

This paper examines the relationship between processes of demographic class formation, gender inequality and age stratification in England and Wales between 1971 and 1991. Existing research shows that the complex process of class restructuring which took place in these years is linked to...

This paper contributes to debates about the changing nature of gender relations in employment by re-framing existing debates about economic restructuring and organisational theory. It draws upon research on current changes in British banking and local government to show how restructuring is...

This article uses a case study of the spatial and career mobility of bank workers from Lloyds, a leading British bank, to explore the relationship between class formation and spatial mobility. The article argues against the idea that the large-scale concentration and bureaucratization of the...

The idea that class identities have waned in importance over recent decades is a staple feature of much contemporary social theory yet has not been systematically investigated using primary historical data. This paper re-uses qualitative data collected by Mass-Observation which asks about the...