Geoff Payne

The New Social Mobility (eBook, ePUB)

How the Politicians Got It Wrong

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Despite becoming a big issue in public debate, social mobility is one of the most misunderstood processes of our time. In this accessible and engaging text, Geoff Payne, one of Britain's leading mobility analysts, presents up-to-date sociological research evidence to demonstrate how our politicians have not grasped the ways in which mobility works. The new social mobility argues for considering a wider range of dimensions of mobility and life chances, notably the workings of the labour market, to assess more accurately the causes and consequences of mobility as social and political processes. Bringing together a range of literature and research, it covers key themes of mobility analysis, and offers a critical and original approach to social mobility. This important book will challenge the well-established opinions of politicians, pressure groups, the press, academics and the public; it is also sufficiently comprehensive to be suitable for teaching and of interest to a broad academic audience.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Policy Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781447310693
• Artikelnr.: 53524853

Autorenporträt

Professor Geoff Payne, FAcSS, is based at Newcastle University where he has taught modules on sociological research methods; social divisions; and social mobility. A former President of the British Sociological Association, and Director of the Scottish Mobility Study at Aberdeen University in the mid-1970s, he has written over 30 articles and three books on social mobility, and worked on education, social class, and research techniques. His widely-used 'Social Divisions' textbook is in its 3rd edition.

Inhaltsangabe

Introducing the Confusing World of Social Mobility
'There's a Lot of it About'
Log Cabins and Field-Marshals' Batons
The Political Re-discovery of Social Mobility
Documenting Mobility
Tracing the Origins
Why low, why now?
The Pessimism of Older Academic Mobility Analysis
The Emergence of a New Society
The New Mobility Regime
Misconceptions of Schooling and Meritocracy
Tightening Bonds and Professional Access
Moving On
References
Tables and Figures.