Introduction - G[/ through o]osta Esping-Andersen
Post-industrial Class Structures - G[/ through o]osta Esping-Andersen
An Analytical Framework
Trends in Contemporary Class Structuration - G[/ through o]osta Esping-Andersen, Zina Assimokopoulou and Kees van Kersbergen
A Six-Nation Comparison
The Post-industrial Stratificational Order - Jon Eivind Kolberg and Arne Kolstad
The Norwegian Experience
Class Inequality and Post-industrial Employment in Sweden - Michael T[small o above a]ahlin
Is there a New Service Proletariat? The Tertiary Sector and Social Inequality in Germany - Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Gianna Giannelli and Karl Ulrich Mayer
Post-industrial Career Structures in Britain - Jonathan Gershuny
Does Post-industrialism Matter? The Canadian Experience - John Myles, Garnett Picot and Ted Wannell
Careers in the US Service Economy - Jerry A Jacobs
Mobility Regimes and Class Formation - G[/ through o]osta Esping-Andersen

This book makes a significant contribution towards understanding the new class structures of post-industrial societies and the changing processes of social stratification and mobility.

Drawing together comparative research on the dynamics of social stratification in a number of key western societies, the authors develop a framework for the analysis of post-industrial class formation. They illustrate the significance of the relations between the welfare state and the household, and the critical interface between gender and class. Case studies of the USA, the UK, Canada, Germany, Norway and Sweden examine the differing application of these ideas in individual welfare states.