The Class Ceiling: Why It Pays to Be Privileged by Friedman, Sam

The Class Ceiling: Why It Pays to Be Privileged (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781447336068)

Vendor: Sam Friedman
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Format: Hardcover
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The Class Ceiling: Why It Pays to Be Privileged by Friedman, Sam

The Class Ceiling: Why It Pays to Be Privileged

$34.95
The Class Ceiling: Why It Pays to Be Privileged by Friedman, Sam

The Class Ceiling: Why It Pays to Be Privileged

$34.95
Format: Hardcover
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Politicians continually tell us that anyone can get ahead. But is that really true? This important, best-selling book takes readers behind the closed doors of elite employers to reveal how class affects who gets to the top. Friedman and Laurison show that a powerful 'class pay gap' exists in Britain's elite occupations. Even when those from working-class backgrounds make it into prestigious jobs, they earn, on average, 16% less than colleagues from privileged backgrounds. But why is this the case? Drawing on 175 interviews across four case studies - television, accountancy, architecture, and acting - they explore the complex barriers facing the upwardly mobile. This is a rich, ambitious book that demands we take seriously not just the glass but also the class ceiling.

Author: Sam Friedman, Daniel Laurison
ISBN-10: 1447336062
ISBN-13: 9781447336068
Publisher: Policy Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2019
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.40d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2019
By Sam Friedman
By Sam Friedman
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Sam Friedman is Professor in Sociology, London School of Economics and a Commissioner at the Social Mobility Commission. He has published widely on social class, social mobility and elites. He is the author of Comedy and Distinction: The Cultural Currency of a 'Good' Sense of Humour (Routledge 2014) and the co-author of Social Class in the 21st Century (Penguin, 2015). He tweets as @SamFriedmanSoc Daniel Laurison is Assistant Professor at Swarthmore College, USA. Previously he was at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is Associate Editor of the British Journal of Sociology and tweets as @Daniel_Laurison

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