UID:
almafu_9961046189502883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 367 pages) :
,
digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-4473-3607-0
Content:
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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Apr 2023).
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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.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4473-3610-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4473-3606-2
Language:
English
Subjects:
Sociology
DOI:
10.56687/9781447336075
