Books by Richard Breen

Thirty years ago the Irish State embarked on a programme of development which rapidly transformed the economy and with it Irish society. It argues that, despite promises of general prosperity, the benefits of Ireland's economic development have been very unevenly distributed, leading to a growing polarisation between social classes.

An introductory account of the concept of class stratification, of contemporary approaches to the study of class, and of debates about its role in the study of society. An analysis of theoretical approaches to class, and comparisons of the class structures of a range of countries are presented.

What techniques can social scientists use when an outcome variable for a sample is not representative of the population for whom they would like to generalize the results? This book provides an introduction to regression models for such data including censored, sample-selected and truncated data.