Women at Class Crossroads: A Critical Reply to Erikson and Goldthorpe's Note

Female Marital Mobility within Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland: A Log-Linear Analysis

“…Responding to these feminist eritieisms. several <ilternati\e approaehes to resolving this problem ol the elass position ol married women have heen prt>posed recently (see Marshall et ul.. 1988;Leiulfsrud and Woodward, 1987;1988;Ahhott and Sapsford, 1987;Roherts. 1987;[)ak\ Cnlhert and Arher, 198?…”

“…Turning now to a seeond common solution, the less radical \joint' approach, this alternative argues for the retention of the family or household as the appropriate unit of analysis and suggests that the status of the family/household must be computed by the joint occupational status of both a husband and wife, if the latter is economically active. Thus, although the household or family is retained as the unit of analysis, the occupational position of w^omen is taken into account (see, for example, Leiulfsrud and Woodward, 1987;1988;Britten and Heath, 1983). An interesting variant on this position is the suggested inclusion not only of the combined market or occupational position of the man and woman but also the consumption class position of their families (see Dale, Gilbert and Arber, 1985).…”

Sociology in the 1980s: The Rise of Gender (and Intersectionality)

“…Although he acknowledges gender differences in patterns of career mobility, he finds no evidence for gender differences in intragenerational mobility or that women’s mobility would influence the class position of families. The high frequency with which these two texts were cited is certainly due to the debate that this vigorous rejection of feminist criticism of stratification theory caused (Abbott, 1987; Dale et al, 1985; Erikson and Goldthorpe, 1988; Goldthorpe and Payne, 1986; Heath and Britten, 1984; Leiulfsrud and Woodward, 1987, 1988; Stanworth, 1984). Of course, the debate was not restricted to Sociology , which is the focus of our review.…”

In Families or as Individuals? Theoretical and Methodological Problems in the Incorporation of Women in Class Analysis

“…Indeed, subjective class identification has been shown to affect numerous political and social attitudes, including voting behaviors, political liberalism and/or conservatism, attitudes toward social justice, and views of key economic actors such as large corporations and labor unions (see, e.g., Jackman and Jackman 1983; Kelley and Evans 1995; Manza and Brooks 1998; Robinson and Kelley 1979; Vanneman and Cannon 1987; Wallace and Jepperson 1986). Furthermore, such studies also show that the effect of subjective class identification may have different effects on a woman compared with her spouse; for instance, studies have shown that employed wives’ political behavior and social class awareness does not necessarily conform to that of her husband (Hayes and Miller 1993; Heath 1990; Leiulfsrud and Woodward 1987, 1988; Webb 1990). Thus, though there is significant theoretical overlap between the discussions on objective and subjective class, and both share a common original locus, they are two distinct entities and should be conceptualized and measured independently, for they exert different effects (Davis and Robinson 1998).…”