Small-area social change in Greater London: a regression approach to measurement

A model for social change in the United Kingdom is presented that unlike other measures recognizes the causal influence on change in social areas of their initial social composition. "This feedback component of social change is distinguished from localized positional changes that alter the social rank of areas. The relative importance of feedback and positional change is illustrated using change data on five social class groupings in 755 small areas of London between the 1971 and 1981 censuses." (EXCERPT)