… the classstatus nexus to investigate processes of social closure … individuals located in different
classes and class fractions. … First, the analysis points to structural affinities between class …

… The abandonmen t of such models would seem to be equated with the virtual dissolution
of the class concept and its replacement by one of mere status differentiation wit h all its over…

… Most understandings of the ways classes become social groupings centre on processes
of mobility closure whereby mutual appreciation and recognition within classes arise from …

… , perhaps) could monopolize opportunities to gain wealth or occupy positions of command;
or, alternatively, an economic class could employ techniques of social closure to increase its …

… We will deploy two analytic approaches in tandem: first, a status attainment model which
attempts to disentangle the relative importance of ascriptive forces from the meritocratic …

… class formation and relations. Frank Parkin's development of the social closure notion in class
… class division coincide, otherwise they contribute to status group formation independent of …

… closure and the processual features of class which are essential to an understanding of class
… ideology of the middle class and was associated with the high-status ethic of the gentleman…

We investigate the recruitment into the upper class, analysing the impact of different forms of
capital and modes of closure. Unlike many Bourdieu-influenced approaches to class, we …

… 'the closure of social and economic opportunities to outsiders', although such closure 'may …
Status-groups and economic classes based on property ownership are specific forms of …

… This article assesses how processes of social closure enhance intergenerational immobility
… micro‐class immobility translates into higher chances of persistence in the upper class. …