Class and social mobility
By: editor, Lisa Firth
Series: Issues -- v. 219; Issues -- v. 219.
Publisher: Independence
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781861686046
Subjects: Class consciousness; Social classes; Social conditions; Society; Klassmedvetande; Sociala klasser; Social rörlighet; Sociala förhållanden
Description: This volume looks at the issue of class and whether it is an impediment to social mobility, covering issues such as the debate surrounding unpaid internships, public school dominance of top jobs and whether terms such as 'chav' and 'underclass' are responsible for demonising the working classes.
Table of contents: title: Class and inequality; title: Social mobility; title: Unpaid internships; title: Class war; title: Grammar schools; title: Squeezed middle; title: Elitism; title: Inherited wealth; title: Meritocracy; title: "Underclass"