John Goldthorpe: Annual Report 2001-2002

John Goldthorpe (Official Fellow) continued to work in the general field of social stratification. With various collaborators, he carried out research into the changing role of education in class mobility, the relationship between class and economic security, stability and prospects, and the status order of contemporary British society. He also maintained an interest in developments in the theory of social action. In May he gave lectures and seminars on several of these topics at the University of Tartu, Estonia. He was a member of the Organising Committee for the meeting of the International Sociological Association Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility that was held in Oxford in April. With Michelle Jackson and Colin Mills, he presented a paper entitled 'Education, Employers and Class Mobility'.

Publications

'A Sociology of Ireland' (symposium contributor), Irish Journal of Sociology, 11, 2002.

'Globalisation and Social Class', West European Politics, 25, 2002.

(with Robert Erikson) 'Intergenerational Inequality: A Sociological Perspective', Journal of Economic Perspectives, 16 2002.

'Occupational Sociology, Yes: Class Analysis, No: Comment on Grusky and Weeden's Research Agenda', Acta Sociologica, 45, 2002.

'On Official Social Classifications in France and Britain', Sociétés Contemporaines, 2002.