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Sam Friedman Daniel Laurison The Class Ceiling (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Class Ceiling : Why It Pays to Be Privileged
- Publication Name
- The Class Ceiling
- Title
- The Class Ceiling
- Subtitle
- Why it Pays to be Privileged
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9781447336105
- ISBN
- 9781447336105
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Genre
- Social Science, Political Science
- Topic
- Labor & Industrial Relations, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General
- Release Date
- 06/01/2020
- Release Year
- 2020
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 15.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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The hidden barriers, or 'glass ceilings', preventing women and minority ethnic groups from getting to the top are well documented. Yet questions of social class -- and specifically class origin -- have been curiously absent from these debates. In this book, Friedman and Laurison argue that there is also a powerful 'class ceiling' at play in elite occupations. Drawing on analysis of the UK, U.S, France, Australia and Norway, they demonstrate that even when those from working-class backgrounds make it into the most prestigious jobs they still earn, on average, 10-15% less than colleagues from privileged backgrounds. Drawing on 200 interviews across four case studies -- television, accountancy, architecture, and acting - they explore the complex barriers facing the upwardly mobile. This is a rich, ambitious book that demands we take seriously not just the glass but also the class ceiling. '...lucid, rigorous, readable...Exposing the fallacy of meritocracy, this enlightening and powerfully engaging study should be essential reading for anyone concerned about the future of Britain in these turbulent times.' -- Love Reading, read full review here ' [The authors] shed light on what they call a class ceiling based on a meticulous investigation into the cultural professions of London...social mobility, its determinants, its consequences and its developments.'' -- La Vie des Idees 'Friedman and Laurison's empirical study combines economic statistics with in-depth interviews [and] provides an exquisite insight into the existence of class society.' -- Marx and Philosophy Review of Books
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Bristol University Press
ISBN-10
1447336100
ISBN-13
9781447336105
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12038360530
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Book Title
Class Ceiling : Why It Pays to Be Privileged
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Labor & Industrial Relations, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General
Publication Year
2020
Genre
Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
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One of the most insightful works on the dynamics of inequality since Pickett and Wilkinson's The Spirit Level a decade ago., Without question this is the most outstanding study of social mobility in the UK to have appeared in the past 20 years. Using a brilliant mixed method design, Friedman and Laurison trace the long shadow of class privilege in driving career prospects even in the supposedly dynamic sectors of today's knowledge economy. Anyone who thinks Britain is a meritocracy needs to ponder the lessons of this wonderful book., This stunning book provides a panoramic overview of class inequality in the UK labour market with a forensic scrutiny of the ways in which privilege works to keep the class ceiling firmly in place., Friedman and Laurison show how it can possibly be that upwardly mobile executives and professionals earn less than those raised in the upper classes. Everybody in The Class Ceiling has a desirable job, but even in the upper reaches of British society, class roots matter., ''Friedman and Laurison have made an important contribution to contemporary debates about social rise and equal opportunities. . . The book shows the added value of combining qualitative (interviews) and quantitative (large-scale surveys) data.'', This compelling book offers a fresh approach to understanding how social class matters. Easy to read, highly recommended!, ''[The authors] shed light on what they call a class ceiling based on a meticulous investigation into the cultural professions of London...social mobility, its determinants, its consequences and its developments.'', ''An important book which sets out a new model for the discussion of social mobility both methodologically and theoretically. The stories of the working-class people the authors interviewed make powerful reading illustrating the emotional costs of aspiration.'', The Class Ceiling is full of interesting angles. . . Friedman and Laurison's most valuable contribution is the light they shed on the more insidious forms of advantage that those from privileged backgrounds bring to the world of work, The Class Ceiling marshals a wide range of data, analysis and experience in an accessible and readable manner. . . Rather than merely confirming suspicions, this book makes the continued existence of class bias in occupational and public life more difficult for cheerleaders of meritocracy to deny, and-crucially-offers ways to end it., A well-conceived and important study which makes a significant contribution to knowledge about social mobility, and an important intervention into broader political debates., ''The book provides compelling reading concerning the ways in which a modern country sorts its privileged children into career tracks that matter hugely for the welfare of society.'', Friedman and Laurison's empirical study combines economic statistics with in-depth interviews [and] provides an exquisite insight into the existence of class society.
Table of Content
Introduction Getting in Getting on Untangling the class pay gap Inside elite firms The bank of Mum and Dad A helping hand Fitting in View from the top Self-elimination Class ceilings: A new approach to social mobility Conclusion Epilogue: 10 ways to break
Copyright Date
2018
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
331.1330941
Dewey Edition
23
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