Coming to grips with a changing class structure: An analysis of employment stratification in Britain, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland

International Sociology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 263-288

  Oesch, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Class analysis; Class voting; Electoral sociology; Employment structure; Socioeconomic inequalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646698828     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: 14617242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580906061379     Document Type: Article

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