| Titre | The national statistics socio-economic classification : unifying official and sociological approaches to the conceptualisation and measurement of social class in the united kingdom | |
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| Auteur | Pevalin David, David ROSE Professor | |
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Revue | Sociétés contemporaines |
| Numéro | no 45-46, 2002 Enjeux et usages des catégories socioprofessionnelles en Europe | |
| Page | 75-106 | |
| Résumé anglais |
In this paper we describe the history of official and sociological approaches to social classifications in the UK, and how they came together in the UK Economic and Social
Research Council Review of Government Social Classifications undertaken between 1994 and
2000. In doing so, we first review the strengths and weaknesses of the former official social
classifications, Social Class based on Occupation (formerly Registrar General's Social
Class) and Socio-economic Groups along with the alternative academic schemas and scales
considered by the Review. Secondly, the conceptual basis and construction of the new classification, the National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC), is described in detail. Finally, the approach taken in the new classification is compared with other European
national classifications in the context of the development of a harmonised socio-economic
classification for the European Union. Source : Éditeur (via Cairn.info) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.cairn.info/article.php?ID_ARTICLE=SOCO_045_0075 |
