Edited by Christian Imdorf, Mona Granato, Gilles Moreau, George Waardenburg and Manfred Max Bergman

Contents

 Editorial : Vocational Education and Training in Switzerland, France, Germany - Perspectives for Sociological Research [E]
Christian Imdorf, Mona Granato, Gilles Moreau and George Waardenburg

 Social Origin and Access to Upper Secondary Education in Switzerland : A Comparison of Company-based Apprenticeship and Exclusively Schoolbased Programmes [E]- Sandra Hupka-Brunner, Stefan Sacchi and Barbara E. Stalder

 Social Production of Educational Inequalities Studied through the Schooling Trajectories of Swiss Apprentices [E]- George Waardenburg

 A Reflection on Inequalities at the Crossroad of Education and Work - The Case of French Apprenticeship [E]- Prisca Kergoat

 Becoming a Mechanic - Affiliation and Desaffiliation of Apprentices in the Car Mechanics’ Professions [F]- Gilles Moreau

 Metamorphoses of Vocational Training in the Basel Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry. Social Integration of Factory Workers and Lab Technicians at a Turning Point [G] - Peter Streckeisen

 Dynamics of Differentiation and Inequality in the Social Middle [G] - Reinhold Sackmann and Thomas Ketzmerick

 Are Women and Men Working Below Their Value ? On the Influence of Vocational and School-based Training Occupations - On the Bad Match Between Employment and Qualification in Germany [G] - Anja Hall

 When Graduates Assess the Use of Their Vocational Training : What do Their Ratings Stand for ? A Critique of Evaluative Research in VET [G] - Ursula Beicht and Joachim Gerd Ulrich