Monsieur Daniel Boy
Système politique et mobilité sociale
In: Revue française de science politique, 30e année, n°5, 1980. pp. 925-958.
Résumé
The political system and social mobility
Daniel Boy
The analysis of the political consequences of social mobility gave rise as early as thé 19th century to a current of theoretical
reflection which has had a considerable influence on early empirical research in this field, which began during the 1950s. Authors
such as Lipset and Bendix consider that the currents of social mobility tend in the main to defuse the social and political demands
of the working class, and thereby strengthen the existing political System. Analysis of the findings arrived at by these authors,
supplemented by later research, shows that these initial conclusions may be seriously doubted. By constructing a plausible
political reproduction model and varying the mobility flows, it is apparent that political equilibrium is affected less by the degres of
mobiliiy within a society than by the movements that affect its overall social structure.
Abstract
The political system and social mobility
Daniel Boy
The analysis of the political consequences of social mobility gave rise as early as thé 19th century to a current of theoretical
reflection which has had a considerable influence on early empirical research in this field, which began during the 1950s. Authors
such as Lipset and Bendix consider that the currents of social mobility tend in the main to defuse the social and political demands
of the working class, and thereby strengthen the existing political System. Analysis of the findings arrived at by these authors,
supplemented by later research, shows that these initial conclusions may be seriously doubted. By constructing a plausible
political reproduction model and varying the mobility flows, it is apparent that political equilibrium is affected less by the degres of
mobiliiy within a society than by the movements that affect its overall social structure.
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Boy Daniel. Système politique et mobilité sociale. In: Revue française de science politique, 30e année, n°5, 1980. pp. 925-958.
doi : 10.3406/rfsp.1980.393922
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