An Impasse and Alternatives in Studies of Social Stratification and Social Mobilit

Nobuo Kanomata

doi:10.11218/ojjams.7.1

An Impasse and Alternatives in Studies of Social Stratification and Social Mobilit

Nobuo Kanomata

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It comes to be dicussed that studies of social stratification and social mobility may be in an impasse. Technical development of quantitative analysis and preoccupation with variable-oriented strategy have caused this impasse that appears in individualization of various hypotheses and inconsistency of outcomes of data analyses. Therefore,empirical confirmation of hypotheses and deductive corroboration of theoretical ideas are obstructed. As the means to escape from the impasse, conjunction of strategies such as variable-oriented, interpretative and mathematical strategies is suggested and examined.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-18
Number of pages	18
Journal	Sociological Theory and Methods
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11218/ojjams.7.1
Publication status	Published - 1992
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Quantitative Analysis
Social Mobility
Social Stratification
Variable-oriented Strategy

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Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Sociology and Political Science

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