Social mobility

We are said to be living in the age of entitlement.

Poverty and Austerity amid Prosperity puts a sharp focus on rising levels of poverty and homelessness in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, which involved approximately 30,000 workers, is Canada's best-known strike.

The lives of wealthy people have long held an allure to many, but the lives of wealthy Russians pose a particular fascination.

A rapidly growing area of economic research investigates the top of the income distribution using data from income tax records.

Much of the literature that addresses youth unemployment has been framed within an economic paradigm and much less attention has been focused on the role played by country-specific value orientations in structuring economic activity.

When New Labour came to power in 1997, its leaders asked for it to be judged after ten years on its success in making Britain 'a more equal society'.

The Midwest experienced an upheaval over labor rights beginning in the winter of 2011.

Confronting Poverty is a text that introduces students to the dynamics of poverty and economic hardship in the U.

Making Education Work for the Poor identifies wealth inequality as the gravest threat to the endangered American Dream.

This book reports the results of a comparative study of twenty communities earmarked for environmentally risky energy projects.

Rising levels of global inequality and migrant flows are both critical global challenges.

As stable political alliances in democracies have dissolved, populism deepens social and economic divisions rather than addressing economic insecurity.

Between 1760 and 1860, the English countryside was subject to constant attempts at agricultural improvement.

Every year, millions of people are forced to leave their homes due to conflict, violence, human rights violations, discrimination, disasters, and the impact of climate change.

SECOND EDITION COMING APRIL 2025In this book Diane Reay, herself working class turned Cambridge professor, presents a 21st century view of education and the working classesDrawing on over 500 interviews, the book includes vivid stories from working class children and young people.

Tidings of a shrinking middle class in one part of the world and its expansion in another absorb our attention, but seldom do we question the category itself.

New Zealand has experienced both sweeping economic and social reform and growing poverty and income inequality in the last twenty years.

India remains a country mired in poverty, with two-thirds of its 1.

A Companion to Border Studies Taking into consideration all aspects this book has a very important role in the professional literature of border studies.

The rise of suburbs and disinvestment from cities have been defining features of life in many countries over the course of the twentieth century.

Although Canada is known internationally as a leader among industrialized countries for inclusive practices towards immigrants and refugees, the twenty-first century has witnessed a rise in the number of refugees and temporary migrant workers who are often denied citizenship and may also experience detention and deportation.

Mindful meditation is now embraced in virtually all corners of society today, from K-12 schools to Fortune 100 companies, and its virtues extolled by national and international media almost daily.

Social Mobility in Europe is the most comprehensive study to date of trends in intergenerational social mobility.

Between 1760 and 1860, the English countryside was subject to constant attempts at agricultural improvement.

Two-thirds of UK government spending now goes on the welfare state and where the money is spent - healthcare, education, pensions, benefits - is the centre of political and public debate.

This book reports the results of a comparative study of twenty communities earmarked for environmentally risky energy projects.

This volume examines the role of education in shaping rates and patterns of intergenerational social mobility among men and women during the twentieth century.

Getting Real About Inequality is a contributed reader for undergraduate courses in Race/Class/Gender, Social Inequality, or the Social Construction of Difference and Inequality.

In a world that requires knowledge and wisdom to address developing crises around us, The Gatherings shows how Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples can come together to create meaningful and lasting relationships.

Most people agree that every child deserves an equal chance to flourish.

Follows young indigenous migrants from the hills of Northeast India to megacities like Bangalore and Mumbai.

What are the effects of decreasing social mobility?

This volume provides a comprehensive and evenhanded overview of the escalating college affordability crisis in the United States.

Seen through the eyes of parents, mainly mothers, "e;City survivors"e; tells the eye-opening story of what it is like to bring up children in troubled city neighbourhoods.

Social Mobility: Chance or Choice?

Making Education Work for the Poor identifies wealth inequality as the gravest threat to the endangered American Dream.

Achieving College Dreams: How a University-Charter District Partnership Created an Early College High School tells the story of a remarkable 10-year collaboration between the University of California, Berkeley and Aspire Public Schools to develop and nurture the California College Preparatory Academy.

This book is an ethnography of labor mobility and its challenges to the idea of the nation.

The Si, Yo Puedo (SYP) program manual is a step-by-step, culturally specific, 11-week curriculum for Spanish-English graduate level licensed mental health professionals (e.

The Grand Challenges for Social Work Initiative (GCSWI), which is spearheaded by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW), represents a major endeavor for the entire field of social work.

In a world that requires knowledge and wisdom to address developing crises around us, The Gatherings shows how Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples can come together to create meaningful and lasting relationships.