In The Class Ceiling, authors Sam Friedman and Daniel Laurison deftly dismantle popular
(and often highly politicized) myths about inequality and meritocracy in the UK. First, and …

Why are states increasingly developing policies aimed at embracing their populations
abroad? This interest in diaspora policies has become relevant beyond the academic …

As a generalization of simple correspondence analysis, multiple correspondence analysis
(MCA) is a powerful technique for handling larger, more complex datasets, including the …

Multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) is a statistical technique that first and foremost has
become known through the work of the late Pierre Bourdieu (1930–2002). This book will …

Geometric Data Analysis (GDA) is the name suggested by P. Suppes (Stanford University) to
designate the approach to Multivariate Statistics initiated by Benzécri as Correspondence …

Pierre Bourdieu's recasting of the question of class exemplifies the major features of his
sociology and the way he extends, melds, and mends classical views into a distinctive …

We draw on 120 years of biographical data (N= 120,764) contained within Who's Who—a
unique catalogue of the British elite—to explore the changing relationship between elite …

Using data drawn from the Cultural Capital and Social Exclusion study, we examine the
relationship between social class membership and cultural participation and taste in the …

Field theorists have long insisted that research needs to pay attention to the particular
properties of each field studied. But while much field‐theoretical research is comparative …

Pierre Bourdieu was the most influential sociologist of the late 20th century. The framework
he developed continues to inspire countless researchers across the globe and provokes …