Bøker i Research in Social Stratification and Mobility-serien

Presents a set of papers that deal with the challenges of leveraging information technology for designing inter-organizational relationships. Instead of assembling a set of papers that are loosely connected to the broad theme of strategy and information technology, this work presents a compendium of papers on this coherent topic.

This text reflects the growing diversity of perspectives, methods and insights currently used in social stratification research. Topics include: real and symbolic boundaries of social stratification; who benefits from rapidly changing markets; and immigration, marginalization and exclusion.

With a tribute to William H. Sewell, one of the pioneering thinkers in post World War II social stratification, if not sociology, volume 20 features comparative analyses of employment and underemployment, social mobility, class power and analyses of social-psychological processes.

The collapse of the state-controlled economies of the former Eastern Bloc will certainly change the way the global economy operates. This volume explores its ongoing transition.