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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Anthony Heath , Yaojun LiPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Polity Press Dimensions: Width: 14.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.80cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780745683065ISBN 10: 0745683061 Pages: 204 Publication Date: 15 December 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of Contents1. What is Social Mobility and Why Does It Matter? 2. Landmarks: A Brief History of Mobility Research 3. Intergenerational Social Class Mobility in the Twenty-First Century 4. Intergenerational Income Mobility and the Great Gatsby Curve 5. Gender: Bringing Mobility Research into the Twenty-First Century 6. Race and Ethnicity: Entrenched Disadvantage? 7. Trends in Social Mobility: From the Medieval Period to the Twenty-First Century 8. Who Gets Ahead and Why? 9. Conclusion: Individual and Collective Consequences of MobilityReviews‘Heath and Li are impressively comprehensive in their discussion of social mobility. They examine occupational change from the medieval period onwards, review insights generated by the latest studies using tax data and provide fresh statistics on the historically understudied issues of mobility by gender, race and migration status.’ Jo Blanden, University of Surrey ‘Social Mobility is a hugely important book on a topic that matters to us all. It is historical, comparative and interdisciplinary in its review of patterns and trends with due regard to gender and race and ethnicity. The discussion on who gets ahead and why is simply excellent.’ Fiona Devine, University of Manchester Author InformationAnthony Heath, CBE, is a Fellow of Nuffield College and Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Oxford. Yaojun Li is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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