%0 Journal Article %1 delhey2015between %A Delhey, Jan %A Deutschmann, Emanuel %A Cirlanaru, Katharina %D 2015 %J International Sociology %K 2015 EB73.3 EB_input2015 Eurobarometer FDZ_IUP SCOPUSindexed SSCIindexed ZA5233 article checked class english europe indexproved individualization inequality input2015 review_proved reviewed transnational_activities %N 3 %P 269-293 %R 10.1177/0268580915578744 %T Between ‘class project’ and individualization: The stratification of Europeans’ transnational activities %U http://iss.sagepub.com/content/30/3/269.abstract %V 30 %X In sociological transnationalization research, it is conventional wisdom that the upper strata are more involved in cross-border activities than the lower ones. However, proponents of the individualization/death-of-class thesis have argued that the significance of class (and of inequalities in general) for people’s actions is declining in affluent societies. Using these theories as a point of departure, this article investigates the influence of class and inequalities, more generally, on transnational activity. Using Eurobarometer 73.3 data from 27 European countries, this article examines (a) the extent to which class determines, by itself, in conjunction with other inequalities, and relative to heterogeneities, transnational practices within countries; and (b) how much the social gradient of transnational activity produced by class and inequalities varies across countries, and whether socioeconomic development tends to decrease or increase this gradient. The findings show that, in most countries, heterogeneities explain more variance in transnational activity than class, but not more variance than inequalities as more generally conceived. Further, social gradients in transnational activity are systematically larger in more affluent European countries.

@article{delhey2015between, abstract = {In sociological transnationalization research, it is conventional wisdom that the upper strata are more involved in cross-border activities than the lower ones. However, proponents of the individualization/death-of-class thesis have argued that the significance of class (and of inequalities in general) for people’s actions is declining in affluent societies. Using these theories as a point of departure, this article investigates the influence of class and inequalities, more generally, on transnational activity. Using Eurobarometer 73.3 data from 27 European countries, this article examines (a) the extent to which class determines, by itself, in conjunction with other inequalities, and relative to heterogeneities, transnational practices within countries; and (b) how much the social gradient of transnational activity produced by class and inequalities varies across countries, and whether socioeconomic development tends to decrease or increase this gradient. The findings show that, in most countries, heterogeneities explain more variance in transnational activity than class, but not more variance than inequalities as more generally conceived. Further, social gradients in transnational activity are systematically larger in more affluent European countries.}, added-at = {2019-03-20T18:49:19.000+0100}, author = {Delhey, Jan and Deutschmann, Emanuel and Cirlanaru, Katharina}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/27525071e27515c88fd2fd3ee8938571b/gesis_dump}, data-doi = {doi:10.4232/1.11430}, doi = {10.1177/0268580915578744}, eprint = {http://iss.sagepub.com/content/30/3/269.full.pdf+html}, gesis-study_no = {ZA5233}, interhash = {af2a20246fc43449463b35eaeec44ca7}, intrahash = {7525071e27515c88fd2fd3ee8938571b}, journal = {International Sociology}, keywords = {2015 EB73.3 EB_input2015 Eurobarometer FDZ_IUP SCOPUSindexed SSCIindexed ZA5233 article checked class english europe indexproved individualization inequality input2015 review_proved reviewed transnational_activities}, language = {English}, note = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0268580915578744. (Eurobarometer)}, number = 3, pages = {269-293}, study = {EB73.3}, tagadata-svko-dda-test = {10770}, tagadata-svkoddatest2 = {10763}, timestamp = {2019-10-01T13:01:21.000+0200}, title = {Between ‘class project’ and individualization: The stratification of Europeans’ transnational activities}, url = {http://iss.sagepub.com/content/30/3/269.abstract}, volume = 30, year = 2015 }