The class ceiling: why it pays to be privileged

This important book takes readers behind the closed doors of elite employers to reveal how class affects who gets to the top. Drawing on two hundred interviews across four case studies - television, accountancy, architecture, and acting - it explores the complex barriers facing the upwardly mobile

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Hauptverfasser: Friedman, Sam (VerfasserIn), Laurison, Daniel 1977- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Bristol, UK Policy Press 2019
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Zusammenfassung:This important book takes readers behind the closed doors of elite employers to reveal how class affects who gets to the top. Drawing on two hundred interviews across four case studies - television, accountancy, architecture, and acting - it explores the complex barriers facing the upwardly mobile
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Introduction -- 1. Getting in -- 2. Getting on -- 3. Untangling the class pay gap -- 4. Inside elite firms -- 5. The bank of mum and dad -- 6. A helping hand -- 7. Fitting in -- 8. View from the top -- 9. Self-elimination -- 10. Class ceilings : a new approach to social mobility -- 11. Conclusion -- Epilogue: 10 ways to break the class ceiling
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 367 Seiten)
ISBN:9781447336075
DOI:10.46692/9781447336075

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