
Social Mobility
Polity Press
Published on 15. December 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
204 pages
978-0-7456-8307-2 (ISBN)
Description
Social mobility has long been one of the central topics of sociology. It has been the subject of major theoretical contributions from the earliest generations of scholars, as well as being of persistent political interest and concern. Social mobility is frequently used as a key measure of fairness and social justice, given the central role that modern liberal democracies give to equality of opportunity. More pragmatically, policymakers often consider it a force for economic growth and social integration.
However, discussions of social mobility have increasingly become dominated by advanced statistical techniques, impenetrable to all but specialists in quantitative methods. In this concise and lucid book, Anthony Heath and Yaojun Li cut through the technical literature to provide an eye-opening account of the ideas, debates and realities that surround this important social phenomenon. Their book illuminates the major patterns and trends in rates of social mobility, and their drivers, in contemporary western and emerging societies, ultimately enabling readers to understand and engage with this perennially relevant social issue.
Social mobility has long been one of the central topics of sociology. It has been the subject of major theoretical contributions from the earliest generations of scholars, as well as being of persistent political interest and concern. Social mobility is frequently used as a key measure of fairness and social justice, given the central role that modern liberal democracies give to equality of opportunity. More pragmatically, policymakers often consider it a force for economic growth and social integration.
However, discussions of social mobility have increasingly become dominated by advanced statistical techniques, impenetrable to all but specialists in quantitative methods. In this concise and lucid book, Anthony Heath and Yaojun Li cut through the technical literature to provide an eye-opening account of the ideas, debates and realities that surround this important social phenomenon. Their book illuminates the major patterns and trends in rates of social mobility, and their drivers, in contemporary western and emerging societies, ultimately enabling readers to understand and engage with this perennially relevant social issue.
However, discussions of social mobility have increasingly become dominated by advanced statistical techniques, impenetrable to all but specialists in quantitative methods. In this concise and lucid book, Anthony Heath and Yaojun Li cut through the technical literature to provide an eye-opening account of the ideas, debates and realities that surround this important social phenomenon. Their book illuminates the major patterns and trends in rates of social mobility, and their drivers, in contemporary western and emerging societies, ultimately enabling readers to understand and engage with this perennially relevant social issue.
Social mobility has long been one of the central topics of sociology. It has been the subject of major theoretical contributions from the earliest generations of scholars, as well as being of persistent political interest and concern. Social mobility is frequently used as a key measure of fairness and social justice, given the central role that modern liberal democracies give to equality of opportunity. More pragmatically, policymakers often consider it a force for economic growth and social integration.
However, discussions of social mobility have increasingly become dominated by advanced statistical techniques, impenetrable to all but specialists in quantitative methods. In this concise and lucid book, Anthony Heath and Yaojun Li cut through the technical literature to provide an eye-opening account of the ideas, debates and realities that surround this important social phenomenon. Their book illuminates the major patterns and trends in rates of social mobility, and their drivers, in contemporary western and emerging societies, ultimately enabling readers to understand and engage with this perennially relevant social issue.
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Series
Edition
1
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
290 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7456-8307-2 (9780745683072)
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Anthony Heath | Yaojun Li
Social Mobility
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11/2023
1st Edition
Wiley
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Persons
Anthony Heath is Professorial Fellow and University Professor of Sociology at the University of Oxford
Yaojun Li is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester
<b>Anthony Heath</b> is Professorial Fellow and University Professor of Sociology at the University of Oxford
<b>Yaojun Li</b> is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester
Yaojun Li is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester
<b>Anthony Heath</b> is Professorial Fellow and University Professor of Sociology at the University of Oxford
<b>Yaojun Li</b> is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester
Content
1. What is Social Mobility and Why Does it Matter?
2. Landmarks: A Brief History of Mobility Research
3. Intergenerational Social Class Mobility in the 21st Century
4. Intergenerational Income Mobility and the Great Gatsby Curve
5. Gender: Bringing Mobility Research into the 21st Century
6. Race and Ethnicity: Entrenched Disadvantage?
7. Trends in Social Mobility: From the Medieval Period to the 21st Century
8. Who Gets Ahead and Why?
9. Conclusion: The Consequences of Mobility