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- Title
The American Occupational Structure.
- Authors
Blalock Jr., H. M.; Hansen, W. Lee
- Abstract
The article presents several comments by the authors in response to the book "The American Occupational Structure," by Peter M. Blau and O. Dudley Duncan. According to one of the author, the phenomenon of social mobility has long been recognized as one of great sociological importance, though it is only in recent times that it has begun to be thoroughly and systematically investigated. Its study requires an examination of the system of stratification, and of the effects of a changing technology and economy upon the occupational structure; it leads on to inquiries into the educational system, kinship, and the demo- graphic characteristics of a society; and it bears upon larger debates concerning equality, conflict, the "open-ness" of a society, its political stability, and its capacity for change. The author is concerned about Blau and Duncan's interpretation of the general social consequences of mobility in the U.S. Another author feels that Blau and Duncan have produced an impressive, careful, and thought-provoking piece of research that should serve as a model for future investigations using quantitative multivariate techniques.
- Publication
American Sociological Review, 1968, Vol 33, Issue 2, p294
- ISSN
0003-1224
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.2307/2092399