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Marshall, Gordon and Swift, Adam (1999) On the meaning and measurement of inequality. Acta Sociologica, Volume 42 (Number 3). pp. 241-250. doi:10.1177/000169939904200304 ISSN 0001-6993.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000169939904200304
Abstract
This article offers a defence of the methods and findings of what some critics have referred to as the 'Nuffield school of class analysis'. In particular, we respond to the critique mounted by Hellevik and Ringen, whose most recent publication appeared in an earlier volume of this journal. We argue that these authors adopt an arbitrary and essentialist view of what constitutes inequality, and have either misunderstood or misrepresented the aims and methodology of the research programme they deride. Ringen, moreover, explicitly concedes all of its major substantive results.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Acta Sociologica | ||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 0001-6993 | ||||
| Official Date: | July 1999 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 42 | ||||
| Number: | Number 3 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 241-250 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1177/000169939904200304 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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