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John Goldthorpe is a British sociologist known for research on social class, occupational structure, and intergenerational mobility. He helped develop the class classification commonly called the Goldthorpe or Nuffield schema, which groups occupations according to employment relations and market situations. He also participated in the Affluent Worker studies, which examined whether rising prosperity had transformed the class identities and social relationships of British industrial workers.
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What does the Goldthorpe class schema classify?
The schema groups occupations according to employment relationships and work conditions, not simply income or prestige. It distinguishes positions such as employers, the service class, routine non-manual workers, and manual workers.
Why is the Goldthorpe schema also called the EGP schema?
EGP refers to sociologists Robert Erikson, John Goldthorpe, and Lucienne Portocarero, who developed versions for comparative mobility research. "Nuffield schema" is another name associated with Goldthorpe's work at Nuffield College, Oxford.
What is the difference between absolute and relative social mobility?
Absolute mobility measures how many people occupy a different class position from their parents. Relative mobility asks how strongly a person's class destination still depends on class origin after changes in the overall occupational structure are considered.
Which book is most associated with Goldthorpe's mobility research?
Social Mobility and Class Structure in Modern Britain, first published in 1980, is a central statement of the research. It drew on the 1972 Nuffield social-mobility study.
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