214 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

231 Pages
by Routledge

The French writer Arnold van Gennep first called attention to the phenomena of status passages in his Rites of Passage one hundred years ago. In Status Passage, first published in 1971, the movement of individuals and groups in contemporary society from one status to another is examined in the light of Gennep's original theory. Glaser and Strauss demonstrate that society emerges as a... Read more
Preface 1.Status Passages and Their Properties 2. Reversibility 3. Temporality 4. Shaping a Passage 5. Desirability 6. Passages: Collective, Aggregate and Solo 7. Multiple Status Passages 8. Status Passage Theory Applied: Temporal Aspects of Social Mobility 9. Generating Formal Theory Index

Biography

Anselm L. Strauss