What Do We Know and What Should We Do About Social Mobility? (1) (What Do We Know and What Should We Do About:)

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Synopsis
Featured in the Financial Times Best Books of the Year 2020 The evidence is rigorously marshalled and the...solutions equally clearly illuminated. A definitive study. - Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times In this vital new book, Britain′s first Professor of Social Mobility Lee Elliot Major and Stephen Machin, reveal the causes of the UK’s low social mobility, explain why it′s getting worse, and outline how we reverse this worrying trend, before it’s too late. It covers the history of social mobility in the UK, explores international comparisons, analyses the recent ‘dark age’ of declining absolute mobility, and investigates issues such as how family traits affect inter-generational mobility. The authors then outline what it is we should do about this pressing issue. Calling for a fundamental shift in debates about social mobility and arguing that only by establishing general principles of fairness in society can we agree the major policy reforms that can make Britain a more mobile and just society for all. Written by leading social scientists, the What Do We Know and What Should We Do About...? series offers concise, up-to-date overviews of issues often oversimplified, misrepresented or misunderstood and shows you how to enact change. "Short, sharp and compelling." - Alex Preston, The Observer "If you want to learn a lot about what matters most, in as short a time as possible, this is the series for you."- Danny Dorling, 1971 Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
Copyright:
2020

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
120 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781529733235
Related ISBNs:
9781529733198, 9781529733204, 9781529732030, 9781529733198, 9781529732047, 9781529733204
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
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Copyrighted By:
Lee Elliot Major and Stephen Machin
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies
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Bookshare Staff
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