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The Class Ceiling: Why It Pays to Be Privileged

The Class Ceiling: Why It Pays to Be Privileged - Paperback

by Sam Friedman, Daniel Laurison
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Availability:In StockContributor:Sam Friedman, Daniel LaurisonPublish date:2020-01-01Pages:384
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Policy PressISBN-13:9781447336105ISBN-10:1447336100UPC:9781447336105Book Category:Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology, Labor & Industrial RelationsSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.9Product ID:SCHTX2WZBA

Politicians continually tell us that anyone can get ahead. But is that really true? This important, best-selling book takes readers behind the closed doors of elite employers to reveal how class affects who gets to the top.

Friedman and Laurison show that a powerful 'class pay gap' exists in Britain's elite occupations. Drawing on 175 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.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Policy PressISBN-13:9781447336105ISBN-10:1447336100UPC:9781447336105Book Category:Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology, Labor & Industrial RelationsSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.9Product ID:SCHTX2WZBA
Sam Friedman is Professor in Sociology, London School of Economics and a Commissioner at the Social Mobility Commission. He has published widely on social class, social mobility and elites. He is the author of Comedy and Distinction: The Cultural Currency of a 'Good' Sense of Humour (Routledge 2014) and the co-author of Social Class in the 21st Century (Penguin, 2015). He tweets as @SamFriedmanSoc Daniel Laurison is Assistant Professor at Swarthmore College, USA. Previously he was at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is Associate Editor of the British Journal of Sociology and tweets as @Daniel_Laurison
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Sam Friedman, Daniel Laurison

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Sam Friedman, Daniel Laurison

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