Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 183-201).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Princeton University, 1980. / In English, with facsim. texts in Chinese. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 374-390).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship between patental social mobility and (a) subjects' status aspirations, (b) perceived parental status expectations. The subject population utilized consisted of 263 male students in the final year of junior high school. Two major hypotheses were tested by this investigation. Hypothesis I was that the level of subjects' status aspirations would be found to be a positive monotonic function of the extent of parental social mobility. Hypothesis II was that the level of perceived parental status expectations would be found to be a positive monotonic function of the extent of parental social mobility. [TRUNCATED]

Voting analysts in the United States have attempted to predict political orientation based on race, gender, occupation, educational achievement, and economic background. Yet, the substantial amount of research available on these factors has been directed toward the understanding of the white-majority vote. Now, as a result of the overwhelming growth of ethnic minority populations scholars are beginning to look at the potential decisive role of ethnic minority voters. Part of this newly formed voting bloc consists of Hispanics which are now one of the fastest and largest racial minority groups in the United States. This thesis aims to understand the Hispanic electorate by addressing their social mobility. Furthermore, this research will shed light into the socio-economic factors affecting the political affiliation of Hispanic voters.

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No / Higher education is welcoming students from diverse educational, social, and economic backgrounds, and yet it predominantly employs middle-class academics. Conceptually, there appears, on at least these grounds alone, to be a cultural and class mismatch. This work discusses empirical interviews with tenured academics from a working-class heritage employed in one UK university. Interviewees talk candidly about their childhood backgrounds, their school experiences, and what happened to them after leaving compulsory education. They also reveal their experiences of university, both as students and academics from their early careers to the present day. This book will be of interest to an international audience that includes new and aspiring academics who come from a working-class background themselves. The multifaceted findings will also be relevant to established academics and students of sociology, education studies and social class.

by Wing-kwong Tsang. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1990. / Bibliography: leaves 224-235. / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.i / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --- p.v / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vi / prologue ：statement of the problem --- p.1 / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- on the shoulders of a giant : review of literature --- p.5 / Chapter 1. --- Definitions of Social Class and Measures of Socioeconomic Status --- p.5 / Chapter (a) --- The Gradational Perspective / Chapter (b) --- The Market-Relational Perspective / Chapter (c) --- The Production-Relational Perspective / Chapter 2. --- Analysis of Social Mobility --- p.27 / Chapter (a) --- Propositions of Social Mobilityin Industrialized Society / Chapter (b) --- Analyses on Social Fluidity and Openness / Chapter 3. --- Construction of Status Attainment Process --- p.39 / Chapter (a) --- Blau-Duncan Status Attainment Model / Chapter (b) --- The Wisconsin Model / Chapter (c) --- The Structural Models / Chapter 4. --- The Shoulders of a Giant---a Summary --- p.52 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- the study --- p.55 / Chapter 1. --- The Theoretical Framework: the Weberlan Approach to Class Structure and Social Mobility --- p.55 / Chapter (a) --- Locating the Theoretical Footing of the Study / Chapter (b) --- Economic Class; and the Measures of Socioeconomic Status / Chapter (c) --- Social Class and the Study of Social Mobility / Chapter (d) --- Class Situation and the Study of Status Attainment / Chapter 2. --- The Hong Kong Context --- p.66 / Chapter (a) --- An Outline of the Economic History of Hong Kong since the Second World War / Chapter (b) --- Differentials in Market Situations / Chapter 3. --- The Hypotheses --- p.79 / Chapter 4. --- The Data Sets --- p.82 / Chapter 5. --- Recapitulation --- p.90 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- BUILDING THE OCCUPATIONAL HIERARCHY --- p.92 / Chapter 1. --- The Occupational Groupings --- p.94 / Chapter 2. --- "The Criteria, for Rating" --- p.100 / Chapter 3. --- The Socioeconomic Index of Hong Kong --- p.107 / Chapter 4. --- Discussion --- p.115 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- IN SEARCH OF A CLASS STRUCTURE --- p.118 / Chapter 1. --- Identification of Class Boundary --- p.119 / Chapter 2 . --- 14 X 14 Mobility Table Analysis --- p.126 / Chapter (a) --- The Perfect Mobility Model / Chapter (b) --- The Quasi-Perfect Mobility Model / Chapter 3 --- 10 x 10 Mobility Table Analysis --- p.136 / Chapter 4 --- 5x5 Mobility Table Analysis --- p.147 / Chapter 5. --- Analysis of Mobility Table of Father and Son --- p.153 / Chapter 6. --- Emergence of a Class Structure / Chapter ---- --- a Summary of the Analyses --- p.164 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- CONSTRUCTING THE LADDER OF SUCCESS --- p.164 / Chapter 1. --- Social Background and Status Attainment / Chapter ---- --- a Test of Blau and Duncan's Basic Model --- p.168 / Chapter 2. --- Socialization and Status Attainment / Chapter ---- --- a Test of Blau and Duncan's Extended Model --- p.181 / Chapter 3. --- Structural Constraints and Status Attainment / Chapter ---- --- a Test of the Structuralist Model --- p.191 / Chapter 4. --- Achievement or Ascription ？ / Chapter ---- --- a Summary of the Analyses --- p.206 / CONCLUSION ：IS HONG KONG AN OPEN SOCIETY？ --- p.209 / NOTES --- p.220 / REFERENCES --- p.224

Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 328-347).

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