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The class ceiling : why it pays to be privileged / Sam Friedman and Daniel Laurison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Friedman, Sam, 1984- author.
- Laurison, Daniel, 1977- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Discrimination in employment--Great Britain.
- Discrimination in employment.
- Social classes--Great Britain.
- Social classes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 367 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Policy Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- This important book takes readers behind the closed doors of elite employers to reveal how class affects who gets to the top. Drawing on two hundred interviews across four case studies - television, accountancy, architecture, and acting - it explores the complex barriers facing the upwardly mobile.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Getting in
- 2. Getting on
- 3. Untangling the class pay gap
- 4. Inside elite firms
- 5. The bank of mum and dad
- 6. A helping hand
- 7. Fitting in
- 8. View from the top
- 9. Self-elimination
- 10. Class ceilings : a new approach to social mobility
- 11. Conclusion
- Epilogue: 10 ways to break the class ceiling.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Apr 2023).
- ISBN:
- 1-4473-3607-0
- OCLC:
- 1083266852
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