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Record Nr.

UNINA9910156432503321

Autore

Payne Geoff <1944->

Titolo

The new social mobility : how the politicians got it wrong / / Geoff Payne [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2017

ISBN

1-4473-1069-1

1-4473-1068-3

1-4473-1067-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 229 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

305.5/13

Soggetti

Social mobility

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Apr 2022).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Acknowledgements -- Preface: the confusing world of social mobility -- ‘There’s a lot of it about’ -- Log cabins and field marshals’ batons -- Politicians rediscover social mobility -- Documenting mobility -- Tracing the origins -- Why low, why now? -- The pessimism of earlier academic mobility analysis -- The emergence of a new society -- The new mobility regime -- Misconceptions of schooling and meritocracy -- Tightening bonds and professional access -- Moving on -- Appendix -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Geoff Payne considers a wide range of dimensions of mobility and life chances to assess the causes and consequences of mobility as social and political processes, and challenges well-established opinions of politicians, pressure groups, the press, academics and the public.