Social mobility

Running on empty argues that past failure to address fundamental inequalities in the ability of low-income households to access adequate transport has undermined effective delivery of welfare policies in the US and UK; describes the new policies and initiatives being developed to address this oversight; outlines the case for including transport as an area of social policy inquiry, identifying key factors and uses case study examples of practical initiatives from both sides of the Atlantic to draw lessons for future policy and practice.

Young people and contradictions of inclusion critically assesses policies addressing young people's transitions from school to employment.

Child poverty and the well-being of children is an important policy issue throughout the industrialised world.

The issue of homelessness has become extremely important in policy debates during the 1990s.

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.

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

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'.

Social cohesion is one of the declared objectives of the European Union and, with some 16% of EU citizens at risk of poverty, the need to fight poverty and social exclusion continues as a major challenge.

Society is often talked about as a ladder, which you can climb from bottom to top.

Since the nineteenth century, Greek financial and economic crises have been an enduring problem, most recently engulfing the European Union and EU member states.

Since the nineteenth century, Greek financial and economic crises have been an enduring problem, most recently engulfing the European Union and EU member states.

In the UK and most countries today, a person's life chances are unfairly influenced by their socio-economic circumstances at birth.

The No.

A Financial Times Book of the Year.

Grounded in both theory and ethnography, this volume insists on taking social positionality seriously when accounting for Africa s current age of polarizing wealth.

French sociologist and anthropologist Pierre Bourdieu s relevance for studies of spatiality and mobility has received less attention than other aspects of his work.

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.

What is it like to be a young Muslim man in post-7/7 Britain, and what impact do wider political factors have on the multifaceted identities of young Muslim men?

Socio-political views on housing have been brought to the fore in recent years by global economic crises, a notable rise of international migration and intensified trans-regional movement phenomena.

We live in a world with too many graduates fighting for too few jobs; where Deliveroo and FedEx drivers have advanced degrees.

We live in a world with too many graduates fighting for too few jobs; where Deliveroo and FedEx drivers have advanced degrees.

Research into mobility is an exciting challenge for the social sciences that raises novel social, cultural, spatial and ethical questions.

'A tenderly evoked and compelling read.

Young people in this country are facing a chasm of doubt and instability.

The highland region of the republic of Georgia, one of the former Soviet Socialist Republics, has long been legendary for its beauty.

Since the Great Recession hit in 2008, the 1% has only grown richer while the rest find life increasingly tough.

In 1995, in the first contested election in the history of the AFL-CIO, John Sweeney won the presidency of the nation's largest labor federation, promising renewal and resurgence.

First-hand accounts of the largest pro-labor mass mobilization in modern American history.

Weber wrote that capitalism in northern Europe evolved when the Protestant (particularly Calvinist) ethic influenced large numbers of people to engage in work in the secular world, developing their own enterprises and engaging in trade and the accumulation of wealth for investment.

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

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

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.

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.

The Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller.

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

'Brilliant and inspiring' Alastair Campbell 'Fantastic' Jeffrey Boakye'Tremendous, necessary and enlightening' Michael Rosen'Parents, politicians, teachers, students you should all read this brilliant book' Anthony SeldonLiteracy.

This unique and innovative text provides undergraduate students with tools to think sociologically through the lens of everyday life.

This unique and innovative text provides undergraduate students with tools to think sociologically through the lens of everyday life.

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

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

Literacy education has historically characterized mass media as manipulative towards young people who, as a result, are in need of close-reading "e;skills.

Literacy education has historically characterized mass media as manipulative towards young people who, as a result, are in need of close-reading "e;skills.

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.

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.

In Art Work, Katja Praznik counters the Western understanding of art - as a passion for self-expression and an activity done out of love, without any concern for its financial aspects - and instead builds a case for understanding art as a form of invisible labour.