Inequality: Structures, Dynamics and Mechanisms

Arne L. Kalleberg, Steven L. Morgan, John Myles, and Rachel A. Rosenfeld (editors). 2004. Inequality: Structures, Dynamics and Mechanisms. Essays in Honor of Aage B. Srensen. Oxford, UK: Elsevier Ltd. ISBN: 0-7623-1140-1 (cloth).

CONTENTS:Inequality

1) Arne L. Kalleberg, Stephen L. Morgan and John Myles, Introductory Chapter: Aage B. Sørensen: 1941-2001

THEORY AND METHODS

2) Peter Hedstrom, “Generative Models and Explanatory Research: On the Sociology of Aage B. Sørensen.”

3) Trond Petersen, “Aage Bøttger Sørensen’s Contributions to Quantitative Sociology: From Studying Processes to Studying Structure”

EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY

4) Robert M. Hauser, “Schooling and Academic Achievement in Time and Place”

5) Maureen T. Hallinan, “Sørensen’s Learning Opportunities Model: Theoretical Foundations, Mathematical Formalization, and Empirical Analyses”

6) Warren N. Kubitschek, “School Effects and Sørensen’s Theories of Learning Opportunities and Achievement”

MOBILITY AND CAREERS

7) Gosta Esping-Andersen, “Untying the Gordian Knot of Social Inheritance”

8) Sonja Drobnic and Hans-Peter Blossfeld, “Career Patterns over the Life Course: Gender, Class, and Linked Lives”

STRUCTURAL INEQUALITY AND RENTS

9) Rakesh Khurana and Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, “Sources of Structural Inequality in Managerial Labor Markets”

10) Michèle Ollivier, “Towards a Structural Theory of Status Inequality: Structures and Rents in Popular Music and Tastes”

11) Stephen L. Morgan and Mark W. McKerrow, “Social Class, Rent Destruction, and the Earnings of Black and White Men, 1982-2000”

12) Trond Petersen and Vemund Snartland, “Firms, Wages, and Incentives: Incentive Systems and Their Impacts on Wages, Productivity, and Risks”

Appendix A: Aage B. Sørensen’s Publication List

Appendix B: Memories of Aage Sørensen as a Mentor

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