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The New Social Mobility: How the Politicians Got It Wrong
Geoff Payne
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Description for The New Social Mobility: How the Politicians Got It Wrong
Paperback. Geoff Payne considers a wide range of dimensions of mobility and life chances to assess the causes and consequences of mobility as social and political processes and challenges well-established opinions of politicians, pressure groups, the press, academics and the public. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 11 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFM; JFSC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 239 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
In this accessible and engaging text, Geoff Payne presents up-to-date sociological research evidence to demonstrate how our politicians have failed to grasp the ways in which mobility works. The new social mobility considers 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. This important book will challenge well-established opinions of politicians, pressure groups, the press, academics and the public, as well as being sufficiently comprehensive to be suitable for teaching and of interest to a broad academic ... Read more
In this accessible and engaging text, Geoff Payne presents up-to-date sociological research evidence to demonstrate how our politicians have failed to grasp the ways in which mobility works. The new social mobility considers 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. This important book will challenge well-established opinions of politicians, pressure groups, the press, academics and the public, as well as being sufficiently comprehensive to be suitable for teaching and of interest to a broad academic ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447310655
SKU
V9781447310655
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Ref
99-50
About Geoff Payne
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, ... Read more
Reviews for The New Social Mobility: How the Politicians Got It Wrong
Punctures the technocratic myth of UK academics and politicians working together, identifying instead a troubling disconnect between what's known about mobility and what's done in the name of increasing it. An object lesson in late-industrial policymaking. David G. Grusky, Stanford University A valuable navigation tool of thought for the exploration of mobility - Sociological Research ... Read more