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Payne Geoff <1944-> |
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The new social mobility : how the politicians got it wrong / / Geoff Payne [[electronic resource]] |
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Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2017 |
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1-4473-1069-1 |
1-4473-1068-3 |
1-4473-1067-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (ix, 229 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Apr 2022). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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 |
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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. |
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