Historical change in an elite profession-Class origins and grades among law graduates over 200 years.

Autor/inn/en	Hansen, Marianne Nordli; Strømme, Thea Bertnes
Titel	Historical change in an elite profession-Class origins and grades among law graduates over 200 years. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Historischer Wandel in einem elitären Beruf - Klassenherkunft und Abschlüsse bei Juristen über 200 Jahre.
Quelle	In: The British journal of sociology, 72 (2021) 3, S. 651-671 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0007-1315; 1468-4446
DOI	10.1111/1468-4446.12852
Schlagwörter	Gruppenzugehörigkeit; Soziale Herkunft; Soziale Mobilität; Sekundarbereich; Schulleistung; Geschichte (Histor); Elite; Jurist; Studium; Studienerfolg; Rechtswissenschaft; 19. Jahrhundert; 20. Jahrhundert; Auswirkung; Generationswechsel; Theorie; Hochschulabsolvent; Außenseiter; Student; Norwegen
Abstract	"This article explores the relationship between social class and educational achievement measured by grades among Norwegian law graduates over a span of 200 years. We argue that class inequalities may arise due to mechanisms favouring 'insiders', meaning students whose families have legal backgrounds. Alternatively, a broader category of students with origins in educated or elite families could also enjoy special advantages. Our results indicate that there were insignificant class inequalities in grades before the beginning of the 20th century, when they first appeared, and that class inequalities increased to some extent subsequently. Graduates with origins from families with legal backgrounds or origins in the cultural upper class tend to be awarded the highest grades and those with farming or working-class origins tend to be awarded the lowest grades. Inequalities according to class origin can be explained only to a limited extent by performance at secondary school. Unlike class origin, however, the impact of grades at secondary school appears to be highly stable over time. We ask whether mechanisms favouring legal 'insiders' may have become less important over time, whereas the impact of cultural capital may have increased." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2022/1