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Bureaucratic power in note-writing: authoritative expertise within the state
(British Journal of Sociology;Volume 70 Issue 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-01)What produces the power of senior civil servants at ministries of finance, positioned at the top of the bureaucratic hierarchy? Max Weber has claimed that a hierarchical organization, meritocratic recruitment and procedural ... -
Historical change in an elite profession—Class origins and grades among law graduates over 200 years
(British Journal of Sociology;Volume 72, Issue 3, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05-07)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 ... -
How do parents’ educational fields affect the choice of educational field?
(British Journal of Sociology;Volume 70, Issue 2 - March 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-04-26)This study examines the links between parental education and students’ choice of field of study in Norwegian higher education. In our interpretation of the results, we suggest a status group perspective that integrates ... -
Social class background and gender-(a)typical choices of fields of study in higher education
(British Journal of Sociology;Volume70, Issue4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-22)By employing a Bourdieu‐inspired class scheme that differentiates between classes’ volume and composition of capital, and by analysing Norwegian administrative register data for birth cohorts between 1987 and 1992, this ... -
Social inequality in completion rates in higher education: Heterogeneity in educational fields
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This article examines how social disparities in dropout rates vary by educational field. Previous studies have shown that first-generation students, in general, have lower higher education completion rates than their fellow ... -
Social inequality in completion rates in higher education: Heterogeneity in educational fields
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Who you know: The classed structure of social capital
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This article focuses on the social structuring of social capital, understood as resources embedded in social networks. The analysis integrates key theoretical–methodological insights from two distinct approaches concerned ...