Hamblin recently argued strongly in favor of equations of this general nature, suggesting that too much emphasis on tests of significance and too little on amount of variation explained may have made us unaware of socially significant invariances. (R. Hamblin, "Ratio Measurement" Paper presented at the ASA conference, 1966. Mimeographed.)
2.
K. Svalastoga, Prestige, Class, and Mobility (Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1959).
3.
E. Dahlström, et al., Teknisk Forändring och Arbetsanpassning ( Stockholm: Prisma, 1966).
4.
D. Lerner, The Passing of Traditional Society (New York: Collier-MacMillan, 1958).
5.
Cp. for Egypt in K. Davis and H.H. Golden, "Urbanization and the Development of Prcindustrail Areas", Economic Development and Cultural Change, 3, 1954, pp. 6—24.
6.
V. Pareto, The Mind and Society, Vol. 1—4 (New York: Harcourt, 1935).
7.
R. Marsh, Comparative Sociology (New York: Harcourt, 1967).
8.
S.M. Miller , "Comparative Social Mobility", Current Sociology, 9, 1960, pp. 1—72.
9.
F. Galton, Hereditary Genius (London: Watts , 1869).
10.
K. Busia, "The Present Situation and Aspirations of Elites in the Gold Coast ", International Social Science Bulletin, 8, 1956, pp. 424—431.
11.
A. Lundquist , "Absenteeism and Job Turnover", Acta Sociologica, 3, 1958, pp. 119—131.
12.
K. Svalastoga , Social Differentiation ( New York: McKay Social Science Series, 1965).
13.
G. Philip, "Hvad 3.000 macnd blev til". Socialt Tidsskift, 31, 1955, pp. 1—74; and K. Svalastoga, Prestige, Class, and Mobility, op. cit.
14.
H. Laswell, The Political Writings (Glencoe, Ill.: The Free Press, 1951).
15.
Data from the Encyclopedia Americina.
16.
G. Thomas, "Labor Mobility in Great Britain, 1945—1949" ( London, 1951). Mimeographed.
17.
A. Lundquist, op. cit.
18.
Although not specifically mentioned above, Bottomore provides a very useful general guide to the sociological analysis of elites. [(T. B. Bottomore, Elites and Society (Harmondworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1966)].
