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The new social mobility : how the politicians got it wrong / Geoff Payne.
Van Pelt Library HN400.S65 P39 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Payne, Geoff, 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social mobility--Great Britain.
- Social mobility.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 229 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Policy Press, 2017.
- Contents:
- 1 'There's a lot of it about' 1
- 2 Log cabins and field marshals' batons 17
- 3 Politicians rediscover social mobility 29
- 4 Documenting mobility 47
- 5 Tracing the origins 63
- 6 Why low, why now? 73
- 7 The pessimism of earlier academic mobility analysis 89
- 8 The emergence of a new society 109
- 9 The new mobility regime 127
- 10 Misconceptions of schooling and meritocracy 139
- 11 Tightening bonds and professional access 149
- 12 Moving on 161.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-218) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1447310659
- 9781447310655
- OCLC:
- 971340296
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