Social scientists and media commentators have expressed concern that Western countries are becoming two-thirds societies in which two-thirds enjoy the benefits of affluence, while one-third are locked into poverty or near-poverty. This paper, based on economic panel data, tests the two-thirds...

Social scientists and media commentators have expressed concern that Western countries are becoming "two-thirds societies" in which two-thirds enjoy the benefits of affluence, while one-third are locked into poverty or near-poverty. This paper, based on economic panel data, tests the two-thirds...

Moderne Gesellschaften müssen wissen, wo sie stehen und wohin sie gehen. Zentrale Schlüsselbegriffe dafür sind Sozialstruktur und sozialer Wandel, während sich Sozialberichterstattung und gesellschaftliche Dauerbeobachtung als unverzichtbare methodische Instrumente einer wirksamen...