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Redrawing the Class Map Stratification and Institutions in Britain, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland Daniel Oesch Redrawing the Class Map This page intentionally left blank Redrawing the Class Map Stratification and Institutions in Britain, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland Daniel Oesch Die vorliegende Arbeit wurde von der Philosophischen Fakultät der Universität Zürich im Wintersemester 2004/05 auf Antrag von Herrn Prof. Dr. Hanspeter Kriesi und Herrn Prof. Dr Walter Müller als Dissertation angenommen. © Daniel Oesch 2006 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2006 978-1-349-54045-7 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2006 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-54045-7 ISBN 978-0-230-50459-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230504592 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Oesch, Daniel, 1975– Redrawing the class map : stratification and institutions in Britain, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland / Daniel Oesch. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Social classes–Europe–Cross-cultural studies. I. Title. HN380.Z9S6457 2006 305.5(cid:2)12094–dc22 2005056367 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 To Joanna This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Tables ix List of Figures xii Preface xiv Introduction 1 Part I Labour Market Trends and the Theory of a 9 New Class Schema 1 Class Theorists and the Debate about the End of Class 11 2 Three Labour Market Trends and their Impact on the 27 Employment Structure 3 Women, the Manual/Non-Manual Divide and the 40 Working Class 4 Horizontal Divisions within the Middle Class 51 5 The Construction Logic of a New Class Schema 59 Part II An Empirical Analysis of Employment Stratification 73 6 Operationalization of the New Class Schema 75 7 The Class Structure of Britain, Germany, Sweden and 85 Switzerland 8 The Distribution of Advantage within the Class Schema: 94 Work Income and Promotion Prospects 9 Structural Divisions within the Class Schema: Firm Size, 107 Public Sector Employment and Party Support 10 Collapsed Versions of the Detailed Class Schema 124 Part III Class and the Concept of Institutional Embeddedness 135 11 Introducing Institutions: the Concept of Institutional 137 Embeddedness 12 Class Differences in Pension System Integration 144 13 Class Differences in Trade Union Membership 160 14 Class Differences in Political Citizenship and Electoral 179 Participation 15 Cumulative Differences in Institutional Embeddedness 197 Concluding Summary 209 vii viii Contents Statistical Annexe 222 Notes 232 References 239 Index 254 List of Tables 1.1 The Wright class schema based on exploitation 15 1.2 The size of the working class according to the Wright 16 class schema 1.3 The expanded Erikson and Goldthorpe class schema 23 5.1 The dimensions at the basis of the three different work 64 logics of wage-earners 5.2 The detailed 17-class schema (and collapsed 8-class) based 68 on four different work logics 6.1 Data sets and sample size 76 6.2 Operationalization of the class schema 79 6.3 Britain 1999 (BHPS): Most frequent professions in each class 82 (ISCO-4-digit level) 7.1 Britain 1999: Total distribution across classes in %; 88 in parentheses: women’s share within each class in % 7.2 Germany 2000: Total distribution across classes in %; in 88 parentheses: women’s share within each class in % 7.3 Sweden 2000: Total distribution across classes in %; 89 in parentheses: women’s share within each class in % 7.4 Switzerland 1999: Total distribution across classes in %; 89 in parentheses: women’s share within each class in % 8.1 Britain 1999: Median gross work income per month 96 8.2 Germany 2000: Median gross work income per month 96 8.3 Sweden 2000: Median gross work income per month 96 8.4 Switzerland 1999: Median gross work income per month 96 8.5 Britain 1999: Relative differences in earnings 99 8.6 Germany 2000: Relative differences in earnings 99 8.7 Sweden 2000: Relative differences in earnings 99 8.8 Switzerland 1999: Relative differences in earnings 99 8.9 Britain 1999: Promotion opportunities in current job 104 8.10 Germany 2000: Can improve career through further 104 education 8.11 Sweden 2000: Has some chances of promotion 104 8.12 Switzerland 1999: Has some chances of promotion 104 9.1 Britain 1999: Individuals working in a large company 108 (>100) as multiple of individuals working in a small company (<25) 9.2 Germany 2000: Individuals working in a large company 108 (>100) as multiple of individuals working in a small company (<20) ix
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