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.

Despite the high aspirations of young people from disadvantaged communities, they face barriers that are frustrating the realisation of their educational ambitions.

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.

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

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.

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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.

Full of political intrigue and corruption, Smouldering Charcoal illustrates the devastating injustice inflicted on society by the ruling classes in postcolonial Malawi.

Powerful Schools seeks to release the creative vision within all educators, and show how schools can lead the way in establishing structures and practices that will support young people to become productive members of a global society.

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.

This textbooks provides a comprehensive examination of poverty, wealth, and economic inequality from a psychological perspective.

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

Research on Economic Inequality is a well-established publication of quality research.

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.

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Neoliberalism and the fourth industrial revolution are argued to be the dominant forces transforming work and employment relations in contemporary times.