Class at Faculty of Social Sciences |
JTM652
Annotation
The purpose of this class is to discuss selected readings in German demographic and socioeconomic structures. Topics include fertility, life transitions, family structure, home ownership, the welfare state, social mobility, migration and acculturation, as well as cultural styles.
Most readings treat Germany as one case within wider comparative studies. Readings were selected with the intention of presenting a picture of recent high-end comparative research on social structure.
In order to overcome initial difficulties in understanding complex analytical and statistical issues, the first meetings will be dedicated to a short introduction to the methodological background of modern social structure analysis.