Doing the Great British Class Survey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3348165 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fiona Devine (0000-0002-5212-2814, University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University), Helene Snee (0000-0002-6572-8348, University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 240-258 |
| Publication date | 2015-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-954x.12282 |
| OpenAlex | W2138250766 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 13 |
This paper introduces the Great British Class Survey and describes how it came to be, providing an insight into the work that has led to this special issue on the contemporary British elite. We discuss initial work with the BBC Lab UK team, the construction of the web survey and its launch. We also consider the response rate and how an additional face-to-face nationally representative survey was then commissioned to deal with sample skew. The way in which subsequent analysis addresses this challenge is also addressed, along with how this 'problem' has provided rich, granular data on the most privileged and powerful in UK society. We reflect on a piece of research which enjoyed considerable attention, and how we might interpret this in terms of public engagement. We also acknowledge some of the immediate academic responses to this innovative collaborative adventure. Finally, we indicate how the GBCS team will be developing this work in the future, before outlining how the papers in this special issue offer insights into the anatomy of power and privilege in modern Britain
Adventure · Class (philosophy) · Elite · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Face (sociological concept) · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Privilege (computing) · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics) · Computer Science · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Engineering · Law · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Capital and Networks
The Impact of the Social Sciences
Culture, Class, Distinction
Class and Stratification
Class Practices
Cultural Analysis and Bourdieu's Legacy
Social Capital
Models of Contemporary Social Class
Capitals, assets, and resources
Social mobility and social capital in contemporary Britain
On Social Class, Anno 2014
A New Model of Social Class? Findings from the BBC's Great British Class Survey Experiment
Class and Cultural Division in the UK
The Coming Crisis of Empirical Sociology
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,55 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2023 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |