Social mobility Books
Peter Lang Publishing Inc Comparing Canada and the Americas
Book SynopsisComparing Canada and the Americas: From Roots to Transcultural Networks covers the Americas in a comparative perspective spanning from the 19th century to the 21st century. It explores socio-cultural dynamics changing considerably in the Americas, which are progressively shedding their original fascination for Europe and slowly recognizing the importance of Indigenous, Afro-descendants, and immigrant cultures. The Americas have many dynamics in common, such as the presence of shared dualistic paradigms, like civilization/barbarism, which is a synonym for self/others. From the invention of the Nation States to globalization, the valorization of taking roots has transformed into the valorization of the legitimacy of geo-symbolic displacements. A comparative study of Canada, Quebec, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the USA reveals both the exclusions and the inclusions that, in literary, artistic, and media productions as well as political essays, are founded on the oppositioTable of ContentsAcknowledgments – Introduction – The Invention of Nation-States and Founding Paradigms: Exterior/Interior as a Synonym for Barbarism/Civilization – Escaping From Narratives Legitimizing Exclusion – The Contemporary Intercultural, Multicultural, and Transcultural Dynamics – Conclusion: The Surplus of Knowledge.
£72.94
University of Toronto Press Containing Diversity
Book SynopsisContaining Diversity presents a novel approach to understanding the politics of immigration in Canada in the twenty-first century.Trade Review“In addition to both its new arguments and impressive synthesis of existing literature that will appeal to both new and senior scholars, it is easy to envision how this volume will be an excellent teaching resource for advanced undergraduate or graduate courses. Containing Diversity would work well as a core text addressing the politics or sociology of migration in Canada whose chapters each address a core theme, or as an assigned book for students to review and contend with its framework.” -- John Carlaw, Toronto Metropolitan University * Journal of Australian, Canadian, and Aotearoa New Zealand Studies *"One of the most exciting contributions to the immigration literature in the last few years, Containing Diversity is a valuable resource not only for migration scholars, but also for policy analysts, as well as immigrants themselves who wish to learn about Canadian immigration policies." -- Deniz Cevik * École nationale d’administration publique, International Journal *“Containing Diversity makes what is often invisible, visible, shedding new and substantial light on the struggles of im/migrant groups who are at once essential to national economies, yet multiply marginalized on intersecting grounds of oppression.” -- Alexandra Dobrowolsky, Saint Mary’s University * Canadian Ethnic Studies *“With Containing Diversity, Abu-Laban, Tungohan, and Gabriel not only offer a convincing and disconcerting appraisal of the politics that shape 21st century immigration policy in Canada, but also a carefully articulated ethical path forward – one that supports a politics of social and global justice” -- J. Adam Perry, St. Francis Xavier University * Canadian Ethnic Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I 1. Mapping Containing Diversity 2. Contextualizing Containing Diversity: Historic and Contemporary Policies Part II 3. Controlling “Global Citizens”: Refugees, International Obligations, and Security 4. Seeking Citizens: “Skilled” Immigrants as Ideal Neoliberal Citizens 5. Making Non-citizens: Temporary Workers and the Production of Precarity 6. Family Migrants as “Undesirable”? Sponsoring New Citizens amid New Restrictions on Family Immigration Policy Part III 7. Redefining Membership and Belonging: Contestations over Citizenship and Multiculturalism 8. Toward a Politics of Social and Global Justice Conclusion and Future Directions Select Podcast and Documentary Suggestions about Canada
£40.50
University of Toronto Press Containing Diversity
Book SynopsisContaining Diversity presents a novel approach to understanding the politics of immigration in Canada in the twenty-first century.Trade Review“In addition to both its new arguments and impressive synthesis of existing literature that will appeal to both new and senior scholars, it is easy to envision how this volume will be an excellent teaching resource for advanced undergraduate or graduate courses. Containing Diversity would work well as a core text addressing the politics or sociology of migration in Canada whose chapters each address a core theme, or as an assigned book for students to review and contend with its framework.” -- John Carlaw, Toronto Metropolitan University * Journal of Australian, Canadian, and Aotearoa New Zealand Studies *“One of the most exciting contributions to the immigration literature in the last few years, Containing Diversity is a valuable resource not only for migration scholars, but also for policy analysts, as well as immigrants themselves who wish to learn about Canadian immigration policies.” -- Deniz Cevik * École nationale d’administration publique, International Journal *“Containing Diversity makes what is often invisible, visible, shedding new and substantial light on the struggles of im/migrant groups who are at once essential to national economies, yet multiply marginalized on intersecting grounds of oppression.” -- Alexandra Dobrowolsky, Saint Mary’s University * Canadian Ethnic Studies *“With Containing Diversity, Abu-Laban, Tungohan, and Gabriel not only offer a convincing and disconcerting appraisal of the politics that shape 21st century immigration policy in Canada, but also a carefully articulated ethical path forward – one that supports a politics of social and global justice” -- J. Adam Perry, St. Francis Xavier University * Canadian Ethnic Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I 1. Mapping Containing Diversity 2. Contextualizing Containing Diversity: Historic and Contemporary Policies Part II 3. Controlling “Global Citizens”: Refugees, International Obligations, and Security 4. Seeking Citizens: “Skilled” Immigrants as Ideal Neoliberal Citizens 5. Making Non-citizens: Temporary Workers and the Production of Precarity 6. Family Migrants as “Undesirable”? Sponsoring New Citizens amid New Restrictions on Family Immigration Policy Part III 7. Redefining Membership and Belonging: Contestations over Citizenship and Multiculturalism 8. Toward a Politics of Social and Global Justice Conclusion and Future Directions Select Podcast and Documentary Suggestions about Canada
£69.70
Bristol University Press Education and Social Justice in a Digital Age
Book SynopsisThis book proposes an approach to changing the educational system in order to redress inequalities in society, whilst at the same time acknowledging the potential transformative role of digital technologies.Trade Review"This is the most refreshing book about education I have read for many years. Any teacher or future teacher, indeed anyone involved in or interested in education, will learn much from reading it. It deftly illustrates that the only way to a more just system is when knowledge is placed at the heart of all we do as teachers." Michael Young, Institute of Education"Will serve as a clear and powerful introduction to an important set of ideas." Journal of Social PolicyTable of ContentsAn unfolding story; Expanding the possible: people and technologies; Knowledge worlds: boundaries and barriers; Ways of knowing: everyday and academic knowledge; Schools as spaces for creating knowledge; Assessment and the curriculum in a digital age; Education in the 21st century; The idea of justice in education.
£26.09
Bristol University Press Education and Social Justice in a Digital Age
Book SynopsisThis book proposes an approach to changing the educational system in order to redress inequalities in society, whilst at the same time acknowledging the potential transformative role of digital technologies.Trade Review"This is the most refreshing book about education I have read for many years. Any teacher or future teacher, indeed anyone involved in or interested in education, will learn much from reading it. It deftly illustrates that the only way to a more just system is when knowledge is placed at the heart of all we do as teachers." Michael Young, Institute of Education"Will serve as a clear and powerful introduction to an important set of ideas." Journal of Social PolicyTable of ContentsAn unfolding story; Expanding the possible: people and technologies; Knowledge worlds: boundaries and barriers; Ways of knowing: everyday and academic knowledge; Schools as spaces for creating knowledge; Assessment and the curriculum in a digital age; Education in the 21st century; The idea of justice in education.
£71.99
Bristol University Press From Transmitted Deprivation to Social Exclusion
Book SynopsisThe book is the only book-length treatment of New Labour's approach to child poverty, and examines initiatives such as Sure Start, the influence of research on inter-generational continuities, and its new stance on social exclusion.Trade Review"This book places the academic debates around transmitted deprivation into a clear and chronological framework... His use of historical sources combined with interviews with those involved gives a depth to the book that draws the reader in." Vanessa Beck, Journal of Social Policy"Welshman's book is a fascinating account of a hitherto largely neglected topic and the author is to be commended for the breadth of his investigation and the relevance of the lessons he draws from it from today." Nick Axford, British Journal of Social Work"John Welshman has produced an admirable book which can fruitfully be engaged with by historians concerned with all aspects of welfare and well-being over the past century and longer." John Stewart, Social History of Medicine"The book is a thorough and fascinating study of the history of poverty and policy from the mid-twentieth century to the early twenty-first....Enormously valuable to a range of potential readers..." Tanya Evans, Twentieth Century British HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part One: The cycle hypothesis: Sir Keith Joseph and the cycle speech; From problem families to the cycle of deprivation; Part Two: The Transmitted Deprivation Research Programme: Conceptual difficulties: setting up the Research Programme; From a cycle of deprivation to cycles of disadvantage; The final years of the Research Programme, Poverty, structure, and behaviour: three social scientists; Part Three: New Labour and the cycle of deprivation: The broader context: social exclusion, poverty dynamics, and the revival of agency; From transmitted deprivation to social exclusion; Conclusion.
£26.99
Bristol University Press The New Social Mobility
Book SynopsisGeoff Payne considers a wide range of dimensions of mobility and life chances to assess the causes and consequences of mobility as social and political processes and challenges well-established opinions of politicians, pressure groups, the press, academics and the public.Trade Review"Punctures the technocratic myth of UK academics and politicians working together, identifying instead a troubling disconnect between what’s known about mobility and what’s done in the name of increasing it. An object lesson in late-industrial policymaking." David G. Grusky, Stanford University"A valuable navigation tool of thought for the exploration of mobility" - Sociological Research Online"Every public figure protests they are all for social mobility - but few have any idea what it means. Here's the definitive analysis they need to read: equal opportunity means we must live more equal lives." Polly Toynbee, The Guardian"A lively, intelligent, and well-informed discussion of the meaning, extent, and significance of social mobility in Britain. Written for both specialists and policymakers, it will be an essential source of reference for decades to come." John Scott, University of EssexTable of ContentsIntroducing the Confusing World of Social Mobility; ‘There’s a Lot of it About’; Log Cabins and Field-Marshals’ Batons; The Political Re-discovery of Social Mobility; Documenting Mobility; Tracing the Origins; Why low, why now?; The Pessimism of Older Academic Mobility Analysis; The Emergence of a New Society; The New Mobility Regime; Misconceptions of Schooling and Meritocracy; Tightening Bonds and Professional Access; Moving On; References; Tables and Figures.
£24.29
Bristol University Press The New Social Mobility
Book SynopsisGeoff Payne considers a wide range of dimensions of mobility and life chances to assess the causes and consequences of mobility as social and political processes and challenges well-established opinions of politicians, pressure groups, the press, academics and the public.Trade Review"Punctures the technocratic myth of UK academics and politicians working together, identifying instead a troubling disconnect between what’s known about mobility and what’s done in the name of increasing it. An object lesson in late-industrial policymaking." David G. Grusky, Stanford University"A valuable navigation tool of thought for the exploration of mobility" - Sociological Research Online"Every public figure protests they are all for social mobility - but few have any idea what it means. Here's the definitive analysis they need to read: equal opportunity means we must live more equal lives." Polly Toynbee, The Guardian"A lively, intelligent, and well-informed discussion of the meaning, extent, and significance of social mobility in Britain. Written for both specialists and policymakers, it will be an essential source of reference for decades to come." John Scott, University of EssexTable of ContentsIntroducing the Confusing World of Social Mobility; ‘There’s a Lot of it About’; Log Cabins and Field-Marshals’ Batons; The Political Re-discovery of Social Mobility; Documenting Mobility; Tracing the Origins; Why low, why now?; The Pessimism of Older Academic Mobility Analysis; The Emergence of a New Society; The New Mobility Regime; Misconceptions of Schooling and Meritocracy; Tightening Bonds and Professional Access; Moving On; References; Tables and Figures.
£71.99
Bristol University Press The Success Paradox
Book SynopsisThis timely book provides an alternative vision of social mobility and a route-map to achieving it. It examines how the term 'social mobility' structures what success means and the impact that has on society. It recasts the relationship with employers and covers progress in non-work areas of life.Trade Review"A useful and thought-provoking contribution to current debates on the notion of success that is engaging and accessible." Sheila Riddell, University of EdinburghTable of ContentsIntroduction; Why we need a new theory of social mobility; Rising, Falling or staying the same? The academic discourse on social mobility; Unpicking the political consensus on social mobility; Breaking the Attainment Addiction; Unbundling, diversification and ecological: New models for Higher Education; Hourglass, molecule or pyramid? Social mobility and the labour market; Social Mobility, well-being and class; A new politics for social mobility; Conclusions: Re-framing social mobility.
£71.99
Bristol University Press The Success Paradox
Book SynopsisThis timely book provides an alternative vision of social mobility and a route-map to achieving it. It examines how the term ‘social mobility’ structures what success means and the impact that has on society. It recasts the relationship with employers and covers progress in non-work areas of life.Trade Review"A useful and thought-provoking contribution to current debates on the notion of success that is engaging and accessible." Sheila Riddell, University of EdinburghTable of ContentsIntroduction; Why we need a new theory of social mobility; Rising, Falling or staying the same? The academic discourse on social mobility; Unpicking the political consensus on social mobility; Breaking the Attainment Addiction; Unbundling, diversification and ecological: New models for Higher Education; Hourglass, molecule or pyramid? Social mobility and the labour market; Social Mobility, well-being and class; A new politics for social mobility; Conclusions: Re-framing social mobility.
£25.19
Bristol University Press Justice and Fairness in the City
Book SynopsisThis book examines the theory and practice of justice in and of the city through a multi-disciplinary collaboration, which draws on a wide range of expertise. It will be a valuable resource for academic researchers and students across a range of disciplines including urban and environmental studies.Trade Review“For those interested in being able to discuss the just city with conceptual clarity in a globalized and urbanized world, this collection is essential reading.” Mark Davidson, Clark University, USATable of ContentsUnderstanding justice and fairness in and of the city ~ Derek Bell and Simin Davoudi; Section One: Local environmental justice; Urban greenspace and environmental justice claims ~ Simin Davoudi and Elizabeth Brooks; The school in the city ~ Pamela Woolner; Transport poverty and urban mobility ~ Roberto Palacin, Geoff Vigar and Sean Peacock; Food justice and the city ~ Jane Midgley and Helen Coulson; Section Two: Spatial justice and the right to the city; Fit and miss-fit: the global spread of urban spatial injustice ~ Suzanne Speak and Ashok Kumar; Toonsformation: skateboarders' renegotiation of city rights ~ Lee Pugalis, Jon Swords, Michael Jeffries and Bob Giddings; Young people and their everyday experience of the city ~ Teresa Strachan and Elisa Lopez-Capel; Section Three: Participation, procedural fairness and local decision making; Public perceptions of unfairness in urban planning ~ Neil Stanley; The importance of the past: cultural legacy and making fairness real ~ David Webb; Section Four: Social justice and life course; Fair shares for all: the challenge of demographic change ~ Rose Gilroy and Elizabeth Brooks; Educating urban youth: fair or foul? ~ Karen Laing, Laura Mazzoli Smith and Liz Todd; Fairness in Newcastle: theory and practice ~ Jan Deckers; A fairer city: towards a pluralistic, relational and multi-scalar perspective ~ Derek Bell and Simin Davoudi.
£71.99
Bristol University Press Justice and Fairness in the City
Book SynopsisThis book examines the theory and practice of justice in and of the city through a multi-disciplinary collaboration, which draws on a wide range of expertise. It will be a valuable resource for academic researchers and students across a range of disciplines including urban and environmental studies.Trade Review“For those interested in being able to discuss the just city with conceptual clarity in a globalized and urbanized world, this collection is essential reading.” Mark Davidson, Clark University, USATable of ContentsUnderstanding justice and fairness in and of the city ~ Derek Bell and Simin Davoudi; Section One: Local environmental justice; Urban greenspace and environmental justice claims ~ Simin Davoudi and Elizabeth Brooks; The school in the city ~ Pamela Woolner; Transport poverty and urban mobility ~ Roberto Palacin, Geoff Vigar and Sean Peacock; Food justice and the city ~ Jane Midgley and Helen Coulson; Section Two: Spatial justice and the right to the city; Fit and miss-fit: the global spread of urban spatial injustice ~ Suzanne Speak and Ashok Kumar; Toonsformation: skateboarders' renegotiation of city rights ~ Lee Pugalis, Jon Swords, Michael Jeffries and Bob Giddings; Young people and their everyday experience of the city ~ Teresa Strachan and Elisa Lopez-Capel; Section Three: Participation, procedural fairness and local decision making; Public perceptions of unfairness in urban planning ~ Neil Stanley; The importance of the past: cultural legacy and making fairness real ~ David Webb; Section Four: Social justice and life course; Fair shares for all: the challenge of demographic change ~ Rose Gilroy and Elizabeth Brooks; Educating urban youth: fair or foul? ~ Karen Laing, Laura Mazzoli Smith and Liz Todd; Fairness in Newcastle: theory and practice ~ Jan Deckers; A fairer city: towards a pluralistic, relational and multi-scalar perspective ~ Derek Bell and Simin Davoudi.
£25.19
Bristol University Press Injustice
Book SynopsisWe are living in the most remarkable and dangerous times. Globally, the richest 1% have never held a greater share of world wealth, while the share of most of the other 99% has collapsed in the last five years. In this fully rewritten and updated edition of Injustice, Dorling offers hope of a more equal society.Trade Review"The book is accessible: clearly written and eloquently argued, with up-to-date data from the UK and US used to back up claims...a call to action, with practical steps towards eradicating inequality." Research Matters"Dorling's text is an invaluable reference that anybody and everybody concerned with inequality, social (in)justice, and the underside to the world in which we live ought have on their bookshelf." The Marx and Philosophy Review of Books"This updated edition of Dorling's book will remind us - if we needed reminding - that injustice has not gone away, and that in many ways it is getting worse; that there are things that we can do about it; and that we need to do those things." Citizen's Income Trust"A rallying point for a different vision of society, one in which elitism is replaced by equality, exclusion and prejudice by acceptance, greed by selflessness, and despair by confidence. It is only in such an environment that individual fulfilment, regardless of position in the social order, and so desperately craved but so rarely realised in capitalist society, is available to all. What, then, are we waiting for?" The Oxford Left Review"Rich insights into how prejudice, presumption and a paucity of regard for our fellow human beings reinforces poverty as well as privilege." David Cay Johnston, journalist and author, Pulitzer Prize winner"Superb and invaluable ammunition in the fight against inequality and injustice" Owen Jones, author and Guardian columnist"Think twice before reading this book – you may well become an activist against social injustice, inequality and the exploitation of labour. Danny Dorling gives us words that are weapons." Ken Loach, director"Dorling’s analysis is quietly, devastatingly persuasive. Once you’ve read him you have to reassess how you live. That’s an amazing gift." Peter Florence, Director of the Hay Festival"In this new edition of his seminal Injustice, Dorling’s unique combination of moral passion and analytical rigour made my heart sing." David Marquand, Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford University"Excellent compendium....[from] one of the great researchers on the condition of our time." Tribune"Powerful sentences and carefully-curated evidence frame critically-important thoughts on how we got here and how things could be different." Jamie Goodwin-White, University of California"Dorling has given us a guide through the dark, twisted and changing forest of injustice. A must-read for anyone fighting for justice." Dr Faiza Shaheen, Head of Inequality, Save the ChildrenTable of ContentsLetter from America: commentary by Sam Pizzigati; Foreword by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett; 1. Introduction; The beliefs that uphold injustice; The five faces of social inequality; A pocket full of posies; 2. Inequality: the antecedent and outcome and of injustice; Inevitability of change: what we do now we could all have enough?; Injustice rising out of the ashes of social evils; So where do we go from here; 3. 'Elitism is efficient': new educational divisions; The ‘new delinquents’: those most harmed by elitism, a seventh of all children; IQism: the underlying rationale for the growth of elitism; Apartheid schooling: from garaging to hot-housing; Putting on a pedestal: superhuman myths; The 1950s: from ignorance to arrogance; 4. 'Exclusion is necessary': excluding people from society; Indebted: those most harmed by exclusion, a sixth of all people; Geneticism: the theories that exacerbate social exclusion; Segregation: of community from community; Escapism: of the rich behind walls; The 1960s: the turning point from inclusion to exclusion; 5. 'Prejudice is natural': a wider racism; Indenture: labour for miserable reward, a fifth of all adults; Darwinism: thinking that different incentives are needed; Polarisation: of the economic performance of regions; Inheritance: the mechanism of prejudice; The 1970s: the new racism; 6. 'Greed is good': consumption and waste; Not part of the programme: just getting by, a quarter of all households; Economics: the discipline with so much to answer for; Gulfs: between our lives and our worlds; Celebrity: celebrated as a model of success; The 1980s: changing the rules of trade; 7. ‘Despair is inevitable’: health and wellbeing; Anxiety: made ill through the way we live, a third of all families; Competition: proposing insecurity as beneficial; Culture: the international gaps in societal wellbeing; Bird-brained thinking: putting profit above caring; The 1990s: birth of mass medicating; 8. Conspiracy, consensus, conclusion. No great conspiracy; Using the vote; Coming to the end; Injustice deepens; What to do;
£11.39
Policy Press Miseducation
Book SynopsisThis book brings Brian Jackson and Dennis Marsden's pioneering Education and the Working Class from 1962 up to date for the 21st century and reveals what we can do to achieve a fairer education system.Trade Review“Miseducation would benefit anyone interested in social mobility and education in the UK… Reay’s contribution to debates on education and social background is to personalise everyday working-class experiences of school and university, something usually absent from current discourse. This, combined with statistical evidence of the extent of inequalities, makes for particularly engaging reading.” LSE Review of Books“Incredibly insightful and passionate … Diane Reay really does get class. Mandatory reading for anyone proclaiming greater equity in education.” John Smyth, University of Huddersfield“No one has done more than Diane Reay to confront the complex emotions in living class inequalities in education. Her heartbreaking volume bears damning witness to neoliberalism’s contributions to the injuries of class.“ Lynne Layton, Harvard Medical School"Diane Reay's compelling analysis synthesises memoir, a wealth of personal testimonies and statistics to reveal a hidden story of Britain's education system. Her sharply argued book demonstrates why selective education is bad for all of us." Selina Todd, St Hilda's College, Oxford"This searing critique of how schools and universities fail the working class and reproduce inequalities should be at the heart of contemporary debates on education." Andrew Sayer, University of Lancaster“A trenchant portrayal of class processes in twentieth and early twenty-first century England…. a must read for all those interested in educational opportunities, the global economy, and the ways in which working class individuals and collectivities construct and live under conditions of massively intensifying inequalities.“ Lois Weis, State University of New York, University at Buffalo, USA, Author of Class Reunion: The Remaking of the American White Working Class"Passionate, provocative and deeply troubling, this book examines contemporary working-class education.... should be required reading for politicians of both the left and especially the right." Tim Strangleman, University of Kent"Intellectually compelling and inspiring in the way it systematically exposes the myth of meritocracy in economically unequal societies. It will inspire those who read it to work cooperatively for social justice both in education and society." Kathleen Lynch, University College Dublin, School of EducationTable of ContentsIntroduction; Why can’t education compensate for society?; The recent history of class in education; Working-class educational experiences; Class in the classroom; Social Mobility: a problematic solution; The middle and upper classes: Getting the ‘best’ for your own child; Class feeling: Troubling the soul and preying on the psyche; Conclusion; Epilogue: Thinking through class.
£13.29
Bristol University Press Betraying a Generation
Book SynopsisAinley explains how English education is now driven by the economy and politics, having failed to deliver upward social mobility and a brighter future. Concludes with suggestions for positive change.Trade Review"[Ainley's] book is invaluable for those that would oppose the use of education to further fracture society." Critical Professional Learning"Human capital theory is dead. From those tests for four-year-olds to the clutch of GCSEs, A-levels and degrees, will there be a job at the end and what sort of job in this global economy? This book shows clearly what is really happening and offers some very real solutions." Sally Tomlinson, Professor Emeritus, Goldsmiths, University of London"achieves the difficult balance between serving as an introductory text and doing justice to a range of arguments" - Marx & Philosophy Review of Books"Betraying a Generation provides a particularly lucid and authoritative critique of contemporary trends in education and society more broadly - and the far-reaching consequences of such changes for young people in particular." Robin Simmons, Post-16 Educator"Betraying a generation is thorough and comprehensive and will help readers understand key debates about the changing nature of education and work, as well as associated questions about social class, inequality and the economy more generally." British Journal of Educational Studies"The 'betrayal' lies in the lack of understanding. This book remedies this!" Nina Payne, Youth and Community Work graduate"This book decisively debunks the conventional wisdom of neoliberalism and 'human capital' theory and as such is an essential read." Peter Latham, Morning Star"Ever thought school was stupid, college a treadmill, and universities neglected your interest? Have you been propelled towards jobs that either didn’t exist or that you wish didn’t? If you need to know what is really going on in the education and labour markets, I recommend this book." Danny Dorling, Professor of Geography, University of Oxford"A brilliant book – forensic analysis supported by research and evidence to reveal powerfully the present state of education. The book is lucidly written, a scintillating success." Stewart Ranson, Professor Emeritus, University of WarwickTable of ContentsIntroduction; From jobs without education to education without jobs; New times; Class structure in the 21st century; Running up a down-escalator; A new politics of education.
£10.44
Policy Press The End of Aspiration
Book SynopsisDuncan Exley draws on expert research and real life experiences including from an actor, a politician, a billionaire entrepreneur and a surgeon to issue a wake-up call to break through segregated opportunity. He offers a manifesto to reboot our prospects and benefit all.Trade Review“A great book, with more information and insight than I can possibly review here” LibDem Voice"A passionate and pertinent contribution to a growing literature on social mobility in an age of inequality." Lynsey Hanley"Uniquely looks at the journeys of diverse group of people’s lives who’ve experienced social mobility and then asks how they can translate into practical steps that government, businesses and communities can take to deliver the sea-change on social mobility Britain so clearly needs. A fascinating challenge to a political system that too often prefers grand ideas and debate over practical change and action.” Justine Greening, Conservative MP for Putney and former Secretary of State for Education"A fresh and original look at social mobility using powerful personal narratives that vividly bring to life the human scale of social mobility." Diane Reay, University of Cambridge“ A cogent and penetrating examination of the myths and realities behind social mobility and aspiration … as well as a compelling personal account of what those terms actually mean in terms of lives lived, ambitions achieved and the barriers to real equality that exist in modern Britain” Stuart Maconie, broadcaster and author of Pies and Prejudice"An accessible and illuminating book that shines a light on the processes which lock many hard-working people out of prosperity in Britain." James Bloodworth, author of Hired and The Myth of Meritocracy"A detailed, often painful anatomy of a crisis. Exley's blend of exhaustive research and empathetic human narrative creates a devastating composite picture of how, at every stage of our lives, through every institution we encounter, wealth and privilege all too often shape experience and opportunity. A book that should not only be read, but urgently acted upon." Sam Byers, author of Perfidious Albion"Exley has managed in this book to take a subject that is all too often given to dry, earnest analysis and more than a little hand-wringing and made it entirely accessible. It is anchored in robust research, but its the humanity, storytelling, and acute observations he brings to the subject of social mobility that makes this a stand-out read." Mary O'Hara, The Guardian and author of The Shame Game."Every politician pretends to aspire to a society where aspiration and talent are rewarded regardless of background - but few take the hard equalising steps towards making that happen. Here's a book full of personal stories and heart-breaking facts showing how far we are from every child starting out with an equal chance. But read Duncan Exley for the remedies that could give us hope." Polly Toynbee, The Guardian"Everyone should read Duncan's book" Miranda Green, Financial Times' Deputy Opinion EditorTable of ContentsIntroduction: What the hell am I doing here?; The Great Meritocracy: How socially mobile is the UK?; Do life-chances begin at birth?; Early Years; School years; Choosing a path; Higher education (formal and informal); Getting a job; Career Progression; Work versus wealth; Does social mobility matter?; Conclusion.
£12.34
Bristol University Press Housing and Life Course Dynamics Changing Lives
Book SynopsisDeepening inequalities and wider processes of demographic, economic and social change are altering how people across the Global North move between homes and neighbourhoods over the lifespan. This book presents a life course framework for understanding how the changing dynamics of people’s lives influence their residential experiences.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Housing: a life course perspective 3. Households and families 4. Learning and training 5. Employment and money 6. Health, well-being and care 7. Changing places 8. Understanding housing and life course dynamics
£67.99
Bristol University Press Housing and Life Course Dynamics
Book SynopsisDeepening inequalities and wider processes of demographic, economic and social change are altering how people across the Global North move between homes and neighbourhoods over the lifespan. This book presents a life course framework for understanding how the changing dynamics of people's lives influence their residential experiences.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Housing: a life course perspective 3. Households and families 4. Learning and training 5. Employment and money 6. Health, well-being and care 7. Changing places 8. Understanding housing and life course dynamics
£24.29
Bristol University Press Lowincome Female Teacher Values and Agency in
Book SynopsisThis survey shows how the speech and syntax of low-income female teachers in India's education system establishes a special form of relational agency and empowerment.Table of ContentsThe need for understanding female teacher agency in India; Social relationships as collective achievement and teacher affirmation; Negotiating the social spaces of the female teacher; Attitudes to authentic knowledge and transformation; Policy recommendations.
£72.25
BUP - Policy Press Reframing Education Failure and Aspiration
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£68.00
Edinburgh University Press Refugees in Britain
Book SynopsisThis book provides a multi-faceted way of assessing the British approach to refuge on local, state and regional levels, by intertwining the theories of hospitality and labelling before applying them to the study of refugees.
£81.00
University of Toronto Press Poverty and Austerity amid Prosperity
Book SynopsisDrawing from a cross-national perspective and a range of comparative vantage points, Poverty and Austerity amid Prosperity provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of poverty.Table of ContentsPreface 1.Poverty Matters: Introduction 2. Understanding Poverty: Conceptualizing, Defining, and Measuring Poverty 3. Poverty in Three Anglo Nations: The Dimensions, Character, and Impact of Poverty 4. Poverty and the Welfare State: Comparative Contrasts 5. Individual-Centred Explanations for Poverty: Biogenetic and Behavioural Accounts 6. Society-Centred Explanations for Poverty: Systemic and Socio-Political Accounts 7. What Can Be Done? References Index
£21.59
University of Toronto Press Apostles of Inequality
Book SynopsisApostles of Inequality explores how changes to land use and ideas about political economy in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth-century England drove cottagers from the land and impoverished rural workers.Table of Contents1. Introduction: “The Multiplication of Wretchedness” Part I: Arthur Young, the Agricultural Revolution, and the Spread of Poverty 2. “The Yoke of Improvement” 3. “The Enchantment of Property” 4. “A Rooted Hatred Between the Rich and the Poor” Part II: Political Economy and “the Great Lottery of Life” 5. Political Economy and the Rural Poor 6. Nassau Senior and the New Poor Laws Part III: The Economist and a Political Economy “Ordained by Providence” 7. The Economist: “The Most Elementary Truths” 8. Bad Farming: The Ghost of a Dead Monopoly 9. Ireland: “They Lie Beyond the Pale” 10. Cooked Land, Cotton, and Slavery 11. Conclusion: “The Home-made Civilization of the Rural English”
£44.10
Lexington Books Elite Recruitment and Coherence of the Inner Core
Book SynopsisThe book outlines the approaches of classical elite theory and democratic elitism for the study of national power structures. The book displays different research methods for elite study as well as the power conceptions included within these methods. An elite structure typology is derived from the elite theory and applied to chart the changes in the elite structure of one country, Finland. The data of this work is unique in international comparison: postal surveys were conducted among the elites and the citizenry in 1991, 2001, and 2011.The study explores empirically the changes occurring in the elite structure from the early 1990s to the present daya period that has been characterized by important societal upheavals, such as the great recession of the early 1990s, Finland's accession to the European Union in 1995, and the international financial crisis and the Eurozone debt crisis in the 2000s. The main focus is on how the elite structure has changed in terms of vertical social mobiliTrade ReviewSpanning 20 years, this is an exceptionally thorough study of how core elites and policies have evolved in Finland. A unique and an important contribution to the study of elites and politics. -- John Higley, University of Texas at AustinProfessor Ruostetsaari has been working on Finnish elites for decades. In this book, he gives a very comprehensive picture of the latter, including symbolic dimensions. I cannot imagine it being done better. -- Jean-Pascal DalozThe study and research of elites is important. Lexington Books has recently published a volume by Professor Ilkka Ruostetsaari in the field. . . .One can only hope that there will be a renewed interest in the study of political elites after the publication of the valuable book on Finnish elites 1991 – 2011. * Varldsinbordeskriget *Table of ContentsPREFACE 1. INTRODUCTION 2. THEORETICAL PREMISES 3. APPROACH OF THE STUDY 4. RECRUITMENT INTO ELITES 5. COHERENCE OF THE ELITE STRUCTURE 6. DISCUSSION
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Lexington Books Strategies for Success among AfricanAmericans and
Book SynopsisHow can African Americans and Afro-Caribbeans from the former British colonies be so different in their approaches toward social mobility? Chrystal Y. Grey and Thomas Janoski state that this is because native blacks grow up as strangers in their own country and immigrants from the English-speaking Caribbean are conversely part of the dominant group. Unlike previous research that compares highly educated Afro-Caribbeans to the broad range of African-Americans, this study holds social-class constant by looking only at successful blacks in the upper-middle-class from both groups. This book finds that African-Americans pursue overachievement strategies of working much harder than others do, while Afro-Caribbeans follow an optimistic job strategy expecting promotions and success. However, African-Americans are more likely to use confrontational strategies if their mobility is blocked. The main cause of these differences is that Afro-Caribbeans grow up in a system where they have many examplTrade ReviewGrey and Janoski have produced a ground-breaking comparative study of mobility among African Americans and Afro-Caribbeans in the U.S. Drawing on both social psychological and historical-structural analysis, they deploy multiple perspectives and methods to examine each populations’ means of understanding and coping with racism. Avoiding the cultural and class biases of previous studies, the authors investigate the unique background and context in which each group is embedded. Then, drawing on symbolic interactionist methods, they analyze interviews which allow them to identify a number of strategies respondents use to work towards success in American society. Strategies for Success among African-Americans and Afro-Caribbeans offers significant advances in theory, methodology, and research design over existing inquiry into racialized populations. In so doing, the book contributes greatly to our understanding of race, culture, group identity, and social stratification. -- Steve Gold, Michigan State UniversityA superb analysis of how variation in the size of the black community accounts for differences in the ways that African Americans and Afro-Caribbeans respond to discrimination. -- Suzanne Model, emerita, University of Massachusetts at AmherstTable of ContentsIntroduction: While Both Are Successful, How Can They Be So Different? 1. The Constraints and Opportunities of Vastly Different Black Histories 2. The Diverse Identities of Black Americans and Caribbeans 3. Crafting Basic Strategies for Success 4. Using More Complex Strategies for Success at Work and in the Public 5. Viewing the Other: Defending Strategies of Success among Fellow Blacks Conclusion and Advice to the Ambitious
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Stanford University Press Education and Intergenerational Social Mobility
Book SynopsisThis volume examines the role of education in shaping rates and patterns of intergenerational social mobility among men and women during the twentieth century. Focusing on the relationship between a person's social class and the social class of his or her parents, each chapter looks at a different country—the United States, Sweden, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland. Contributors examine change in absolute and relative mobility and in education across birth cohorts born between the first decade of the twentieth century and the early 1970s. They find a striking similarity in trends across all countries, and in particular a contrast between the fortunes of people born before the 1950s, those who enjoyed increasing rates of upward mobility and a decline in the strength of the link between class origins and destinations, and later generations who experienced more downward mobility and little change in how origins and destinations are linked. This volume uncovers the factors that drove these shifts, revealing education as significant in promoting social openness. It will be an invaluable source for anyone who wants to understand the evolution of mobility and inequality in the contemporary world. Trade Review"This book is a must-read for anyone interested in educational policy and social mobility. This team of leading international scholars use innovative comparative analysis to corroborate the claim that the expansion and equalization of education enhances mobility between social classes."—Yossi Shavit, Tel Aviv University"Breen and Müller confront the belief that equalizing opportunity can solve Western nations' problems with inequality. Their sophisticated analysis shows why equalizing opportunity may be good in itself but is not the solution to today's problems. Western nations must confront rising inequalities in employment, income, and political voice directly and soon."—Michael Hout, New York University"In this book, first-rate scholars show how social mobility among women and men has changed in the twentieth century, and how this change was influenced by educational expansion and by changes in the association between social origin and education. Their reliable analyses will be of great value to professionals and political actors with interest in social mobility and educational attainment."—Robert Erikson, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University"What sets Education and Intergenerational Social Mobility in Europe and the United States apart from previous, less empirical, discussions is the way the bigger picture emerges from an analysis of large datasets....The book is methodologically rigorous, heavily referenced and data-rich, incorporating many detailed tables and graphs."—Veronica Coram, Interngenerational Justice ReviewTable of Contents1, Introduction: Social Mobility and Education in the Twentieth Century —Richard Breen, Walter Müller 2. Methodological Preliminaries —Richard Breen 3. The Land of Opportunity? Trends in Social Mobility and Education in the United States —Florian R. Hertel, Fabian T. Pfeffer 4. Sweden, the Middle Way? Trends and Patterns in Social Mobility and Educational Inequality —Richard Breen, Jan O. Jonsson 5. Intergenerational Mobility and Social Fluidity in France over Birth Cohorts and Age: The Role of Education —Louis-André Vallet 6. Education as an Equalizing Force: How Declining Education Inequality and Educational Expansion Have Contributed to More Social Fluidity in Germany —Reinhard Pollak, Walter Müller 7. The Swiss El Dorado? Education and Social Mobility in Twentieth-Century Switzerland —Julie Falcon 8. The Role of Education in the Social Mobility of Dutch Cohorts, 1908–1974 —Richard Breen, Ruud Luijkx, Eline Berkers 9. Education and Social Fluidity in Contemporary Italy: An Analysis of Cohort Trends —Carlo Barone, Raffaele Guetto 10. Intergenerational Social Mobility in Twentieth-Century Spain: Social Fluidity without Educational Equalization? —Carlos J. Gil-Hernández, Fabrizio Bernardi, Ruud Luijkx 11. Social Mobility in the Twentieth Century in Europe and the United States —Richard Breen and Walter Müller
£56.95
Pan Macmillan Poverty Safari: Understanding the Anger of
Book SynopsisBrutally honest and fearless, Poverty Safari is an unforgettable insight into modern Britain, and will change how you think about poverty.The Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller.Winner of the Orwell Prize.Named the most 'Rebellious Read of the 21st Century' in a Scottish Book Trust poll.Darren McGarvey has experienced poverty and its devastating effects first-hand. He knows why people from deprived communities all around Britain feel angry and unheard. And he wants to explain . . .So he invites you to come on a safari of sorts. But not the kind where the wildlife is surveyed from a safe distance. This book takes you inside the experience of poverty to show how the pressures really feel and how hard their legacy is to overcome.Arguing that both the political left and right misunderstand poverty as it is actually lived, McGarvey sets out what everybody – including himself – could do to change things.'Another cry of anger from a working class that feels the pain of a rotten, failing system. Its value lies in the strength it will add to the movement for change.' - Ken Loach, director of KesTrade ReviewPart memoir, part polemic, this is a savage, wise and witty tour-de-force. An unflinching account of the realities of systemic poverty, Poverty Safari lays down challenges to both the left and right. It is hard to think of a more timely, powerful or necessary book. -- J.K. RowlingNothing less than an intellectual and spiritual rehab manual for the progressive left. -- Irvine WelshAnother cry of anger from a working class that feels the pain of a rotten, failing system. Its value lies in the strength it will add to the movement for change. -- Ken LoachPoverty Safari is an important and powerful book. -- Nicola SturgeonPoverty Safari documents in vivid, piercing and frequently funny prose, the reality of growing up in Pollok and the consequences of a chaotic family life -- Stephen McGinty * Sunday Times *By his own account, Darren McGarvey’s first twenty-five years were a real-life version of Trainspotting . . . Poverty Safari [is] a painfully honest autobiographical study of deprivation and how society should deal with it . . . But what has made McGarvey such a particular figure of attention is his political message . . . [McGarvey] seems to offer an antidote to populist anger that transcends left and right . . . his urgently written, articulate and emotional book is a bracing contribution to the debate about how to fix our broken politics. * Financial Times *Poverty Safari is one of the best accounts of working-class life I have read. McGarvey is a rarity: a working-class writer who has fought to make the middle-class world hear what he has to say. -- Nick Cohen * Guardian *If The Road to Wigan Pier had been written by a Wigan miner and not an Etonian rebel, this is what might have been achieved. McGarvey’s book takes you to the heart of what is wrong with the society free market capitalism has created. -- Paul MasonThe man seems to be on his way to becoming one of the most compelling and original voices in Scotland’s, and maybe Britain’s, public debate. If Scotland’s underclass could speak in a single, articulate, authentic voice to communicate to the rest of us what it’s like to be poor, isolated, brutalised, lost, it would sound very much like this. * Scottish Daily Mail *Raw, powerful and challenging. -- Kezia DugdaleA blistering analysis of the issues facing the voiceless and the social mechanisms that hobble progress, all wrapped up in an unput-downable memoir. -- Denise MinaDescribes in unflinching detail the realities of growing up poor in Britain and sets out to challenge the various ways in which poverty is represented in the media and on both sides of the political divide * Guardian *A raw account of his own deprivation and addiction and a powerful political argument. * Guardian *The standout, authentic voice of a generation . . . the world is looking for eloquent voices like McGarvey's to explain things * Herald (Scotland) *Utterly compelling. -- Ian Rankin * New Statesman *
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Pan Macmillan Dragged Up Proppa: Growing up in Britain’s
Book SynopsisDragged Up Proppa is the story of growing up working class in a forgotten England.'Very compelling, beautifully written memoir of a time and England that no longer exists but remains just as important today as ever' - Sebastian Payne, author of Broken HeartlandsPip Fallow was born in the coal-miner’s cottage where his family of eight lived, in a village near Durham. Pip was destined to join his father down the pit, but the closure of his village’s mine in the 1980s saw him at the back of the dole queue like the rest. This is Pip’s story of being ‘dragged up proppa’, living by his wits, working and travelling the world before finally settling a few miles from where he grew up.A lot has been written about the red wall in recent years but Pip Fallow has lived it. This is his account of some of the most important issues affecting Britain today; from levelling-up and the north-south divide, to social mobility and class, and the devastating social upheaval caused by decades of deindustrialization and government neglect. Showing how broken promises of the past impact his village and the politics of today.This is the memoir of a man who left school illiterate, but has now written a book. The story of a lost generation who were prepared for a life that had disappeared by the time they were ready for it, of communities with once strong social ties that have now disintegrated, and a way of living that simply no longer exists in Britain today.'Fallow's memoir is not just a classic piece of working-class writing, but a truly gripping narrative' - Brian Groom, author of Northerners: A HistoryTrade ReviewA very compelling, beautifully written memoir of a time and an England that no longer exists but remains just as important as ever -- Sebastian Payne, author of Broken HeartlandsPip Fallow's memoir is not just a classic piece of working-class writing, but a truly gripping narrative -- Brian Groom, author of Northerners: A History
£17.09
Bristol University Press The Growing Challenge of Youth Unemployment in
Book SynopsisMuch 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. Drawing on extensive fieldwork research and the work of experts in Europe and the United States, this book provides a culturally nuanced analysis of key issues relating to youth unemployment. Examining the causes and consequences of youth unemployment, it explores ways forward to promote economic self-sufficiency. This pioneering work offers invaluable tailored policy solutions to tackle one of today’s most important socioeconomic issues.Table of Contents1. Introduction ~ Radha Jagannathan 2. Acceptable Jobs and the Epidemic of Youth Unemployment in Southern Italy ~ Maurizio Caserta, Livio Ferrante, Radha Jagannathan and Simona Monteleone 3. No Jobs, No Hope: The Future of Youth Employment in Spain ~ José L. Arco-Tirado, Francisco D. Fernández-Martín and Radha Jagannathan 4. Dirigisme Pour L’Ordinaire: Vocational Training in 21st Century France ~ Michael J. Camasso, Guillaume Moissonnier and Radha Jagannathan 5. Educating Youth for Future Unemployment in Greece ~ Radha Jagannathan and Ioanna Tsoulou 6. Labor Market Policies to Fight Youth Unemployment in Portugal: Between Statism and Experimentalism ~ Paulo Marques and Pedro Videira 7. Adaptability of the German Vocational Model to Mediterranean Countries ~ Jale Tosun, Julia Weiss, Alexa Meyer-Hamme and Marcel Katzlinger 8. US Style Entrepreneurship as a Pathway to Youth Employment: Exporting the Promise ~ Radha Jagannathan and Michael J. Camasso 9. Grading the Implementation Prospects: Where Do We Go from Here? ~ Radha Jagannathan
£72.00
Bristol University Press The Degree Generation: The Making of Unequal
Book SynopsisWhat are the challenges for the current generation of graduate millennials? The role of universities and the changing nature of the graduate labour market are constantly in the news, but less is known about the experiences of those going through it. This book traces the transition to the graduate labour market of a cohort of middle-class and working-class young people who were tracked through seven years of their undergraduate and post-graduation lives. Using personal stories and voices, the book provides fascinating insights into the group’s experience of graduate employment and how their life-course transitions are shaped by their social backgrounds and education. Critically evaluating current government and university policies, it shows the attitudes and values of this generation towards their hopes and aspirations on employment, political attitudes and cultural practices.Trade Review"An insightful read that will captivate the interest of anyone concerned with how inequalities continue to affect graduates’ transitions from university to the labour market" Educational ReviewTable of Contents1. Graduate Success and Graduate Lives 2. Moving on Up: Researching the Lives and Careers of Young Graduates 3. London Calling: Being Mobile and Mobilizing Capitals 4. ‘There’s No Place Like Home’: Graduate Mobilities and Spatial Belonging 5. Jobs for the Boys? Gender, Capital and Male-Dominated Fields 6. Intersections of Class and Gender in the Making of ‘Top Boys’ in the Finance Sector 7. Following Dreams and Temporary Escapes: The Impacts of Cruel Optimism 8. Lucky Breaks? Unplanned Graduate Pathways and Fateful Outcomes 9. Conclusion: The Making of Graduate Lives
£68.00
Bristol University Press The Degree Generation: The Making of Unequal
Book SynopsisWhat are the challenges for the current generation of graduate millennials? The role of universities and the changing nature of the graduate labour market are constantly in the news, but less is known about the experiences of those going through it. This book traces the transition to the graduate labour market of a cohort of middle-class and working-class young people who were tracked through seven years of their undergraduate and post-graduation lives. Using personal stories and voices, the book provides fascinating insights into the group’s experience of graduate employment and how their life-course transitions are shaped by their social backgrounds and education. Critically evaluating current government and university policies, it shows the attitudes and values of this generation towards their hopes and aspirations on employment, political attitudes and cultural practices.Trade Review"An insightful read that will captivate the interest of anyone concerned with how inequalities continue to affect graduates’ transitions from university to the labour market" Educational ReviewTable of Contents1. Graduate Success and Graduate Lives 2. Moving on Up: Researching the Lives and Careers of Young Graduates 3. London Calling: Being Mobile and Mobilizing Capitals 4. ‘There’s No Place Like Home’: Graduate Mobilities and Spatial Belonging 5. Jobs for the Boys? Gender, Capital and Male-Dominated Fields 6. Intersections of Class and Gender in the Making of ‘Top Boys’ in the Finance Sector 7. Following Dreams and Temporary Escapes: The Impacts of Cruel Optimism 8. Lucky Breaks? Unplanned Graduate Pathways and Fateful Outcomes 9. Conclusion: The Making of Graduate Lives
£14.24
Bristol University Press The Political Economy of Fortune and Misfortune:
Book SynopsisLuck greatly influences a person’s quality of life. Yet little of our politics looks at how institutions can amplify good or bad luck that widens social inequality. But societies can change their fortune. Too often debates about inequality focus on the accuracy of data or modelling while missing the greater point about ethics and exploitation. In the wake of growing disparity between the 1% and other classes, this book combines philosophical insights with social theory to offer a much-needed political economy of life chances. Timcke advances new thought on the role luck plays in redistributive justice in 21st century capitalism.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. The Egalitarian Turn in Liberalism 3. Where Liberalism Falls Short 4. The Problem of Contingency 5. Accounting for Uncertain Opportunities 6. A Social Analysis of Institutional Luck 7. Markets are Not Morally Neutral 8. Conclusion: The Tasks of Engaged Liberal Social Theory
£72.25
Bristol University Press Extinction Equilibrium
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Sage Publications Ltd What Do We Know and What Should We Do About
Book SynopsisFeatured in the Financial Times Best Books of the Year 2020 The evidence is rigorously marshalled and the...solutions equally clearly illuminated. A definitive study. - Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times In this vital new book, Britain′s first Professor of Social Mobility Lee Elliot Major and Stephen Machin, reveal the causes of the UK’s low social mobility, explain why it′s getting worse, and outline how we reverse this worrying trend, before it’s too late. It covers the history of social mobility in the UK, explores international comparisons, analyses the recent ‘dark age’ of declining absolute mobility, and investigates issues such as how family traits affect inter-generational mobility. The authors then outline what it is we should do about this pressing issue. Calling for a fundamental shift in debates about social mobility and arguing that only by establishing general principles of fairness in society can we agree the major policy reforms that can make Britain a more mobile and just society for all.Trade ReviewThe authors are two well-known British experts on the economics of social mobility. In this short, but comprehensive, survey, they illuminate the relatively poor UK record on mobility and what might be done to improve it. The evidence is rigorously marshalled and the complexities (and political difficulty) of solutions equally clearly illuminated. A definitive study. -- Martin WolfAn assured and detailed book bringing together the latest research, wide-ranging recommendations for practice and authoritative critiques of conventional wisdom. It’s a solid grounder for those new to the topic and has plenty of fresh perspective for readers who know the field well. -- Sam BaarsWritten by two of the leading authors on social mobility in the U.K., this book is an excellent and accessible entry point into a large and complex academic literature. It covers enormous ground, from technical issues about how to measure social mobility, to reasons for the historical trends in U.K. post war social mobility. It also puts the U.K. in an international context and suggests concrete policy solutions for the future. A must read for policymakers! Written in an engaging way, I can see it will become a primer on social mobility for years to come. -- Anna Vignoles, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of CambridgeTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Background 3. What Do We Know About Social Mobility? 4. What Should We Do About Social Mobility? 5. Conclusion
£14.40
Sage Publications Ltd What Do We Know and What Should We Do About
Book SynopsisFeatured in the Financial Times Best Books of the Year 2020 The evidence is rigorously marshalled and the...solutions equally clearly illuminated. A definitive study. - Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times In this vital new book, Britain′s first Professor of Social Mobility Lee Elliot Major and Stephen Machin, reveal the causes of the UK’s low social mobility, explain why it′s getting worse, and outline how we reverse this worrying trend, before it’s too late. It covers the history of social mobility in the UK, explores international comparisons, analyses the recent ‘dark age’ of declining absolute mobility, and investigates issues such as how family traits affect inter-generational mobility. The authors then outline what it is we should do about this pressing issue. Calling for a fundamental shift in debates about social mobility and arguing that only by establishing general principles of fairness in society can we agree the major policy reforms that can make Britain a more mobile and just society for all.Trade ReviewThe authors are two well-known British experts on the economics of social mobility. In this short, but comprehensive, survey, they illuminate the relatively poor UK record on mobility and what might be done to improve it. The evidence is rigorously marshalled and the complexities (and political difficulty) of solutions equally clearly illuminated. A definitive study. -- Martin WolfAn assured and detailed book bringing together the latest research, wide-ranging recommendations for practice and authoritative critiques of conventional wisdom. It’s a solid grounder for those new to the topic and has plenty of fresh perspective for readers who know the field well. -- Sam BaarsWritten by two of the leading authors on social mobility in the U.K., this book is an excellent and accessible entry point into a large and complex academic literature. It covers enormous ground, from technical issues about how to measure social mobility, to reasons for the historical trends in U.K. post war social mobility. It also puts the U.K. in an international context and suggests concrete policy solutions for the future. A must read for policymakers! Written in an engaging way, I can see it will become a primer on social mobility for years to come. -- Anna Vignoles, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of CambridgeTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Background 3. What Do We Know About Social Mobility? 4. What Should We Do About Social Mobility? 5. Conclusion
£41.79
Encounter Books,USA The Way Back: Restoring the Promise of America
Book SynopsisThe promise of America is that, with ambition and hard work, anyone can rise to the top. But now the promise has been broken, and we've become an aristocracy where rich parents raise rich kids and poor parents raise poor kids. We've been told that the changes are structural, that there's nothing we can do about this. But that doesn't explain why other First World countries are beating us hands down on the issue of mobility. What's different about America is our politics. An ostensibly progressive New Class of comfortably rich professionals, media leaders, and academics has shaped the contours of American politics and given us a country of fixed economic classes. It is supported by the poorest of Americans, who have little chance to rise, an alliance of both ends against the middle that recalls the Red Tories of parliamentary countries. Because they support an aristocracy, the members of the New Class are Tories, and because of their feigned concern for the poor, they are Red Tories. The Way Back explains the revolution in American politics, where political insurgents have challenged the complacent establishment of both parties, and shows how we can restore the promise of economic mobility and equality by pursuing socialist ends through capitalist means.Trade Review"The Way Back makes a persuasive case that social mobility, fundamental to the American Dream, has eroded, and that people both on the left and right need to deal seriously with the problem of inequality. F.H. Buckley marshals tremendous data and insight in a compelling study." --Francis Fukuyama "Inequality and immobility will be the rallying cry from the left as the 2016 elections approach. That's a great reason to put The Way Back at the top of your reading list. F.H. Buckley offers a provocative and important commentary on the underlying problems--dysfunctional schools, barriers to entrepreneurship, a broken immigration system, sclerotic government, special interest politics, and more. He dissects who's to blame, what to do, and what not to do--with scholarship, wit, and insight." --Robert A. Levy, chairman of the Cato Institute "Another excellent book! It is full of marvelously shrewd observation, as well as scholarship, both aimed at subjects of the greatest importance." --Jonathan Clark "The Way Back demonstrates that inequality and immobility are real and serious--and that nominally 'progressive' policies are a big part of the problem. The problem, moreover, is not unintended consequences--but rather intended consequences. With his signature combination of erudition, imagination, and wit, F.H. Buckley has produced a game-changing contribution to the inequality literature." --Christopher DeMuth
£18.99
Melville House Publishing The Kids Are All Left: How Young Voters Will
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BenBella Books Broke in America: Seeing, Understanding, and
Book Synopsis'An exploration of why so many Americans are struggling financially . . . A down-to-earth overview of the causes and effects of poverty and possible remedies.' — Kirkus Reviews Water. Food. Housing. The most basic and crucial needs for survival, yet 40 percent of people in the United States don't have the resources to get them. With key policy changes, we could eradicate poverty in this country within our lifetime — but we need to get started now. Nearly 40 million people in the United States live below the poverty line — about $26,200 for a family of four. Low-income families and individuals are everywhere, from cities to rural communities. While poverty is commonly seen as a personal failure, or a deficiency of character or knowledge, it's actually the result of bad policy. Public policy has purposefully erected barriers that deny access to basic needs, creating a society where people can easily become trapped — not because we lack the resources to lift them out, but because we are actively choosing not to. Poverty is close to inevitable for low-wage workers and their children, and a large percentage of these people, despite qualifying for it, do not receive government aid. From Joanne Samuel Goldblum and Colleen Shaddox, Broke in America offers an eye-opening and galvanizing look at life in poverty in this country: how circumstances and public policy conspire to keep people poor, and the concrete steps we can take to end poverty for good. In clear, accessible prose, Goldblum and Shaddox detail the ways the current system is broken and how it's failing so many of us. They also highlight outdated and ineffective policies that are causing or contributing to this unnecessary problem. Every chapter features action items readers can use to combat poverty — both nationwide and in our local communities, including the most effective public policies you can support and how to work hand-in-hand with representatives to affect change. So far, our attempted solutions have fallen short because they try to 'fix' poor people rather than address the underlying problems. Fortunately, it's much easier to fix policy than people. Essential and timely, Broke in America offers a crucial road map for securing a brighter future.Trade Review"Written for the benefit of economic and governmental policy makers, Broke in America is thoroughly accessible to the non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject of poverty in the United States and what can be done about it—especially in the light of the new incoming Biden administration and its approach to improving economic conditions for the working poor and the middle class.”—Midwest Book Review"This book’s greatest strength is its organization and clarity. Not another political statement that is sure to divide people into “camps” of opinion, this is a clear analysis of how public policy in the United States works to keep people trapped in poverty, rather than find their way out." —Jon M. Sweeney, contributing editor for books and new media at Spirituality & Practice". . . Broke in America pulls no punches about the reality and extent of poverty in the US, and the litany of reasons why it exists . . ." —Julia Mandeville, National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)"The strength of this book is the authors’ street-level reporting on the daunting challenges many Americans in poverty face—even on matters as basic as safe drinking water." —Timothy Lamer, executive editor of WORLD Digital and interim editor of WORLD Magazine"Clear, concise, and packed with facts, figures, and suggestions for action, Broke in America shows that poverty is not the result of individual laziness or ‘bad choices' but of economic and social policies that produce inequality by design." —Katha Pollitt, columnist for The Nation "America is a country of paradox: the world's greatest wealth together with deeply entrenched poverty in its many forms, including homelessness, hunger, unsafe water, under-provisioned schools, and unaffordable energy, transport, health, and other basic needs. The authors open our eyes to these grim realities and how they can be overcome." —Jeffrey D. Sachs, university professor at Columbia University "Broke in America is a tour de force. The authors strip poverty to its bare truth. Millions of people in a nation of plenty cannot afford basic needs such as water, housing, food, energy, education, and mental health access. Thanks to Joanne Goldblum and Colleen Shaddox, there is no ignoring the immorality or the inhumanity of that—nor of the path forward . . . It is a timely call to action for anyone who dares to envision a world that does not resign children, seniors, or neighbors to poverty and suffering." —Rosa DeLauro, US Representative, Connecticut "Explains why America must fix the problem of poverty rather than blaming it on the people it afflicts. Goldblum and Shaddox also offer a road map to a better future." —Emily Bazelon, national bestselling author of Charged and Sticks and Stones "In the richest country in the history of the world, an eye-opening and humanizing testament to the realization that no one should be poor. At a time of crisis when we are re-envisioning and reconstructing our relationship with government and with each other, this is the book we need." —Mona Hanna-Attisha, author of What the Eyes Don't See and pediatrician in Flint, Michigan "At a tumultuous time in US history, many of us are asking ourselves what kind of country we want. I hope that we can work toward the vision laid out in Broke in America: a United States without poverty." —Jodie Adams Kirshner, author of Broke: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises"A valuable resource in the fight against poverty."—Publishers Weekly"An exploration of why so many Americans are struggling financially . . . A down-to-earth overview of the causes and effects of poverty and possible remedies."—Kirkus Reviews
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Information Age Publishing Talking About Structural Inequalities in Everyday
Book SynopsisThe book, Talking About Structural Inequalities in Everyday Life: New Politics of Race in Groups, Organizations, and Social Systems, provides critical attention to contemporary, innovative, and cutting?edge issues in group, organizational, and social systems that address the complexities of racialized structural inequalities in everyday life. This book provides a comprehensive focus on systemic, societal, and organizational functioning in a variety of contexts in advancing the interdisciplinary fields of human development, counseling, social work, education, public health, multiculturalism/cultural studies, and organizational consultation. One of the most fundamental aspects of this book engages readers in the connection between theory and praxis that incorporates a critical analytic approach to learning and the practicality of knowledge. A critical emphasis examines how inequalities and power relations manifest in groups, organizations, communities, and social systems within societal contexts. In particular, suppressing talk about racialized structural inequalities in the dominant culture has traditionally worked to marginalize communities of color. The subtle, barely visible, and sometimes unspeakable behavioral practices involving these racialized dynamics are explored. This scholarly book provides a valuable collection of chapters for researchers, prevention experts, clinicians, and policy makers, as well as research organizations, not?for?profit organizations, clinical agencies, and advanced level undergraduate and graduate courses focused on counseling, social work, education, public health, organizational consultation and advocacy.Table of Contents Endorsements Foreword Preface Part I: Structural Inequalities for Individuals of Color and Mental Health. Between Rage and a Hard Place: A Cautionary Tale of Colin Ferguson, Racial Politics, and Caribbean American Mental Health, Schekeva P. Hall. Africana Women’s Ways of Coping with Traumatic Life Events: A Meta?Ethnography, Nyasha Grayman?Simpson, Jacqueline S. Mattis, and Nenelwa Tomi. Systemic and Workplace Microaggressions and the Workplace: Recommendations for Best Practices for Institutions and Organizations, Aisha M. B. Holder and Kevin L. Nadal. The Impact of Microaggressions and Structural Inequalities on the Well?being of Latina/o American Communities, David P. Rivera, Rebecca Rangel Campón, and Krista Herbert. Hidden in Plain Sight: Structural Inequalities and (In)visible Violence in the Lives of African American Women, Carolyn M. West. Tipping the Scale: Implementation of The Project SisterCircle Intervention to Facilitate Youth Coping with the Effects of Structural Inequalities, Wendi S. Williams and Janee Nesbitt. Ethnoviolence as Structural Inequality: Media Representations of Black/African Descent Women, Wendi S. Williams, Ellen L. Short, and Dianne Ghiraj. “Black Lives Matter”: Structural Violence, Agency, and Resiliency in Black Transgender Women’s Communities, Leo Wilton and Ellen L. Short. Race, Sexuality, AIDS, and Activism in Black Same?Gender Practicing Men’s Communities in Post?Apartheid South Africa, Leo Wilton. Part II: Structural Inequalities and Institutions. A Critical Examination of Educational Disparities in Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities, Dina C. Maramba and Xavier J. Hernandez. Racialized Perspectives on the Prison Industrial Complex, Alex L. Pieterse. The Efficacy of Programmatic Initiatives on Improving the Graduation Rates of Black Male Collegians, Jameel A. Scott, Kourtney P. Gray, Christopher C. Graham,and Robert T. Palmer. Racial Inequalities and the Assessment of Intelligence: A Brief Historical and Interdisciplinary View, Lisa A. Suzuki and Cherubim A. Quizon. Part III: Organizational and Group Dynamics and Structural Inequalities. The Race Idea Tends to Make People Wicked” An Exploration of Why It Persists, Charla Hayden, Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas, Nafissatou Diallo and Dominique Strauss?Kahn. A Group Relations Perspective: Black Women, Feminism, and the Act of Giving Voice, Ellen L. Short. Reclaiming The Human: Exploring Caste Through The Lens of Group Relations Conference Experiences, Rosemary Viswanath. About the Authors.
£47.45
Information Age Publishing Talking About Structural Inequalities in Everyday
Book SynopsisThe book, Talking About Structural Inequalities in Everyday Life: New Politics of Race in Groups, Organizations, and Social Systems, provides critical attention to contemporary, innovative, and cutting?edge issues in group, organizational, and social systems that address the complexities of racialized structural inequalities in everyday life. This book provides a comprehensive focus on systemic, societal, and organizational functioning in a variety of contexts in advancing the interdisciplinary fields of human development, counseling, social work, education, public health, multiculturalism/cultural studies, and organizational consultation. One of the most fundamental aspects of this book engages readers in the connection between theory and praxis that incorporates a critical analytic approach to learning and the practicality of knowledge. A critical emphasis examines how inequalities and power relations manifest in groups, organizations, communities, and social systems within societal contexts. In particular, suppressing talk about racialized structural inequalities in the dominant culture has traditionally worked to marginalize communities of color. The subtle, barely visible, and sometimes unspeakable behavioral practices involving these racialized dynamics are explored. This scholarly book provides a valuable collection of chapters for researchers, prevention experts, clinicians, and policy makers, as well as research organizations, not?for?profit organizations, clinical agencies, and advanced level undergraduate and graduate courses focused on counseling, social work, education, public health, organizational consultation and advocacy.Table of Contents Endorsements Foreword Preface Part I: Structural Inequalities for Individuals of Color and Mental Health. Between Rage and a Hard Place: A Cautionary Tale of Colin Ferguson, Racial Politics, and Caribbean American Mental Health, Schekeva P. Hall. Africana Women’s Ways of Coping with Traumatic Life Events: A Meta?Ethnography, Nyasha Grayman?Simpson, Jacqueline S. Mattis, and Nenelwa Tomi. Systemic and Workplace Microaggressions and the Workplace: Recommendations for Best Practices for Institutions and Organizations, Aisha M. B. Holder and Kevin L. Nadal. The Impact of Microaggressions and Structural Inequalities on the Well?being of Latina/o American Communities, David P. Rivera, Rebecca Rangel Campón, and Krista Herbert. Hidden in Plain Sight: Structural Inequalities and (In)visible Violence in the Lives of African American Women, Carolyn M. West. Tipping the Scale: Implementation of The Project SisterCircle Intervention to Facilitate Youth Coping with the Effects of Structural Inequalities, Wendi S. Williams and Janee Nesbitt. Ethnoviolence as Structural Inequality: Media Representations of Black/African Descent Women, Wendi S. Williams, Ellen L. Short, and Dianne Ghiraj. “Black Lives Matter”: Structural Violence, Agency, and Resiliency in Black Transgender Women’s Communities, Leo Wilton and Ellen L. Short. Race, Sexuality, AIDS, and Activism in Black Same?Gender Practicing Men’s Communities in Post?Apartheid South Africa, Leo Wilton. Part II: Structural Inequalities and Institutions. A Critical Examination of Educational Disparities in Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities, Dina C. Maramba and Xavier J. Hernandez. Racialized Perspectives on the Prison Industrial Complex, Alex L. Pieterse. The Efficacy of Programmatic Initiatives on Improving the Graduation Rates of Black Male Collegians, Jameel A. Scott, Kourtney P. Gray, Christopher C. Graham,and Robert T. Palmer. Racial Inequalities and the Assessment of Intelligence: A Brief Historical and Interdisciplinary View, Lisa A. Suzuki and Cherubim A. Quizon. Part III: Organizational and Group Dynamics and Structural Inequalities. The Race Idea Tends to Make People Wicked” An Exploration of Why It Persists, Charla Hayden, Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas, Nafissatou Diallo and Dominique Strauss?Kahn. A Group Relations Perspective: Black Women, Feminism, and the Act of Giving Voice, Ellen L. Short. Reclaiming The Human: Exploring Caste Through The Lens of Group Relations Conference Experiences, Rosemary Viswanath. About the Authors.
£87.40
Vintage Publishing Snakes and Ladders: The great British social
Book Synopsis'Intensely readable... A stimulating and necessary redress' David Kynaston, SpectatorPoliticians say social mobility is real... this book proves otherwise.From servants' children who became clerks in Victorian Britain, to managers made redundant by the 2008 financial crash, travelling up or down the social ladder has been a fact of British life for more than a century. Drawing on hundreds of personal stories, Snakes and Ladders tells the hidden history of how people have really experienced that social mobility in both directions. It shows how a powerful elite on the top rungs have clung to their perch, as well as introducing us to the unsung heroes who created more room at the top. As we face political crisis after crisis, Snakes and Ladders argues that only by creating greater opportunities for everyone to thrive can we ensure the survival of our society.'A fascinating, important book' Mail on Sunday'A trove of stories of human hope and disappointment' New Statesman'Fascinating... A rich and well-observed historical account' Financial TimesTrade ReviewThe great strength of Selina Todd's Snakes and Ladders . . . is the richness of her presentation of it as a lived experience, whether upwards or downwards . . . intensely readable . . . a stimulating and necessary redress -- David Kynaston * Spectator *In this fascinating, important book, Professor Selina Todd shows us that 'levelling up' has always been a far more chancy, even unrewarding, business than we like to think -- Kathryn Hughes * Mail on Sunday *Structured around the personal stories of people who have experienced upward social mobility over the past 140 years or so . . . The social history that Todd deals with here is fascinating . . . The pandemic, as she argues, has reminded us that the jobs we reward are often not those that matter most. So instead of (or as well as) agonising about who gets to join the elite, we need to redefine the elite itself -- David Aaronovich * The Times *Snakes and Ladders arrives at a moment of particular relevance . . . this pandemic is an opportunity to look at what is "essential" in work and to reward it appropriately. Society is only as mobile as its structures allow. And it would be no bad thing if affording status to all strata of society became more important than "getting ahead" -- Andrew Anthony * Observer *Fascinating... [Snakes & Ladders is a] rich and well-observed historical account -- David Willetts * Financial Times *
£10.44
Berghahn Books Keywords of Mobility: Critical Engagements
Book Synopsis Scholars from various disciplines have used key concepts to grasp mobilities, but as of yet, a working vocabulary of these has not been fully developed. Given this context and inspired in part by Raymond Williams’ Keywords (1976), this edited volume presents contributions that critically analyze mobility-related keywords: capital, cosmopolitanism, freedom, gender, immobility, infrastructure, motility, and regime. Each chapter provides an historical context, a critical analysis of how the keyword has been used in relation to mobility, and a conclusion that proposes future usage or research.Trade Review “This fascinating new volume now unpacks the term through eight keywords: capital, cosmopolitanism, freedom, gender, mobility, infrastructure, motility, and regime. A succinct summary of mobility studies by Noel B. Salazar introduces the volume and its approach: not an all-encompassing list, but a set of keywords that ‘offers a coherent critical perspective on mobility’.” • Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI) “There is an appealing directness and elegant simplicity in ‘Keywords’ efforts to cut through the increasing verbiage within mobility studies and return to the central concepts that make up the field, to grapple with how these concepts are being contested, reworked, and reimagined on a daily basis within anthropological research, while still pushing the field into new waters. In short, this is a book that every mobility studies scholar or student should not only read but return to time and again.” • Anthropos “The book co-directed by Salazar and Jayaram is a clear introduction to the issue of mobility and its links to several other concepts. Taken in this direction, the chapters open the door to the immeasurable possibilities offered by the mobility paradigm. This paradigm allows us to take a new but significant look at ethnographic situations that affect, in particular, the realities related to immigration. Thus, Keywords of Mobility is a contribution to migration studies that forces the researcher to examine the effects of the encounter between various concepts that transform each other.” • Anthropologie et Sociétés “Grounded in anthropology and informed by trans-disciplinary mobility studies, the authors rely on ethnographic analyses from a refreshing combination of both American and European perspectives… [The volume] is careful in its selection of topics, and contributors are up-to-date in their scholarship and rigorous in the construction of their analyses… [A]s a methodological and theoretical approach to the topic, Keywords of Mobility is unparalleled. It represents an important contribution to the literature on studies of forced migration, and human mobilities more generally, by working toward a common, robust vocabulary.” • Refuge “This book is very enlightening, covering areas of thought and research which are at present clearly on a lively frontier of scholarship… The editors are well placed to take on the task of organizing and introducing this topic – as notions of “mobility” have become increasingly prominent in recent anthropology. Noel B. Salazar has an overview of the field which may well be unmatched in anthropology.” • Ulf Hannerz, Stockholm University “The idea of exploring keywords offers a useful intervention into the field of mobilities research, which is especially useful for teaching. The choice of keywords is excellent, and the framing of each chapter is very good. The contributors are up to date on the current literature and debates of interest to the field.” • Mimi Sheller, Drexel University, USATable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Keywords of Mobility: A Critical Introduction Noel B. Salazar Chapter 1. Capital Kiran Jayaram Chapter 2. Cosmopolitanism Malasree Neepa Acharya Chapter 3. Freedom Bartholomew Dean Chapter 4. Gender Alice Elliot Chapter 5. Immobility Nichola Khan Chapter 6. Infrastructure Mari Korpela Chapter 7. Motility Hege Høyer Leivestad Chapter 8. Regime Beth Baker-Cristales Chapter 9. On the Ethnographic Engagement of Keywords Brenda Chalfin Chapter 10. Emergent and Potential Mobilities Ellen R. Judd Notes on Contributors Index
£89.10
Berghahn Books Methodologies of Mobility: Ethnography and
Book Synopsis Research into mobility is an exciting challenge for the social sciences that raises novel social, cultural, spatial and ethical questions. At the heart of these empirical and theoretical complexities lies the question of methodology: how can we best capture and understand a planet in flux? Methodologies of Mobility speaks beyond disciplinary boundaries to the methodological challenges and possibilities of engaging with a world on the move. With scholars continuing to face different forms and scales of mobility, this volume strategically traces innovative ways of designing, applying and reflecting on both established and cutting-edge methodologies of mobility.Trade Review “Whilst wide-ranging, the diversity of chapters makes this edited volume a pleasure to read. Its strengths lie in the insights it provides for understanding mobility on a number of levels, ranging from questions of space, scale, and time to bodies and materiality… Read this volume for its excellent ethnographic coverage of a complex set of methodological and conceptual challenges at the forefront of mobility research.” • Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI) “I recommend this book to anyone interested in the field of mobilities and in particular to ethnographers of movement to all of them really, not only to the ones more aligned with anthropology. Also, my bet is that a volume such as this has the potential to become an important handbook for all graduate students chasing after mobile fields and the realms of movement.” • Anthropos “This timely book provides welcome material for reflection on classic, contemporary and future research practices, particularly for anthropologists due to its engagement with the distinctive history of the discipline. The chapters can be read independently, which make them attractive readings for any methodology class. Considering the central role of mobility in ethnographic research, an argument put forward very convincingly in the book, one would hope that these conversations on mobility and anthropology will soon be integrated within the conventional methodology handbooks.” • Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale “A treasury of rich insights into methods on the move that will inspire a new generation of mobility researchers in our burgeoning field.” • Nick van Hear, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford “This book offers a thought-provoking and timely revision of anthropological methods on mobility. The focus these authors assume, fruitfully pushes and fine-tunes methodological engagements with mobility and ethnographic practice.” • Alison Macdonald, University College London “Methodologies of Mobility is a concrete inquiry into how specific research techniques, tightly linked to research questions, can address issues regarding mobility. This work makes a valuable contribution to social science research that concerns itself with how experiences of human movement and stasis are imbued with meaning.” • Kiran C. Jayaram, York College, CUNYTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Studying Mobilities: Theoretical Notes and Methodological Queries Noel B. Salazar, Alice Elliot, and Roger Norum Chapter 1. ‘Few are the Roads I Haven’t Travelled’: Mobility as Method in Early Finland-Swedish Ethnographic Expeditions Susanne Österlund-Pötzsch Chapter 2. Inventorying Mobility: Methodology on Wheels Hege Høyer Leivestad Chapter 3. Becoming, There? In Pursuit of Mobile Methods Chris Vasantkumar Chapter 4. From Radar Systems to Rickety Boats: Borderline Ethnography in Europe’s ‘Illegality Industry’ Ruben Andersson Chapter 5. Idleness as Method: Hairdressers and Chinese Urban Mobility in Tokyo Jamie Coates Chapter 6. Meeting a Friend of a Friend: Snowballing with Mr. Hansen in Naples Hans Lucht Chapter 7. ‘Being There Where?’ Designing Digital-Visual Methods for Moving With/In Iran Shireen Walton Chapter 8. Fixating a Fluid Field: Photography as Anthropology in Migration Research Christian Vium Afterword: Im/mobile Method/ologies Simone Abram Index
£89.10
Berghahn Books Keywords of Mobility: Critical Engagements
Book Synopsis Scholars from various disciplines have used key concepts to grasp mobilities, but as of yet, a working vocabulary of these has not been fully developed. Given this context and inspired in part by Raymond Williams’ Keywords (1976), this edited volume presents contributions that critically analyze mobility-related keywords: capital, cosmopolitanism, freedom, gender, immobility, infrastructure, motility, and regime. Each chapter provides an historical context, a critical analysis of how the keyword has been used in relation to mobility, and a conclusion that proposes future usage or research.Trade Review “This fascinating new volume now unpacks the term through eight keywords: capital, cosmopolitanism, freedom, gender, mobility, infrastructure, motility, and regime. A succinct summary of mobility studies by Noel B. Salazar introduces the volume and its approach: not an all-encompassing list, but a set of keywords that ‘offers a coherent critical perspective on mobility’.” • Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI) “There is an appealing directness and elegant simplicity in ‘Keywords’ efforts to cut through the increasing verbiage within mobility studies and return to the central concepts that make up the field, to grapple with how these concepts are being contested, reworked, and reimagined on a daily basis within anthropological research, while still pushing the field into new waters. In short, this is a book that every mobility studies scholar or student should not only read but return to time and again.” • Anthropos “The book co-directed by Salazar and Jayaram is a clear introduction to the issue of mobility and its links to several other concepts. Taken in this direction, the chapters open the door to the immeasurable possibilities offered by the mobility paradigm. This paradigm allows us to take a new but significant look at ethnographic situations that affect, in particular, the realities related to immigration. Thus, Keywords of Mobility is a contribution to migration studies that forces the researcher to examine the effects of the encounter between various concepts that transform each other.” • Anthropologie et Sociétés “Grounded in anthropology and informed by trans-disciplinary mobility studies, the authors rely on ethnographic analyses from a refreshing combination of both American and European perspectives… [The volume] is careful in its selection of topics, and contributors are up-to-date in their scholarship and rigorous in the construction of their analyses… [A]s a methodological and theoretical approach to the topic, Keywords of Mobility is unparalleled. It represents an important contribution to the literature on studies of forced migration, and human mobilities more generally, by working toward a common, robust vocabulary.” • Refuge “This book is very enlightening, covering areas of thought and research which are at present clearly on a lively frontier of scholarship… The editors are well placed to take on the task of organizing and introducing this topic – as notions of “mobility” have become increasingly prominent in recent anthropology. Noel B. Salazar has an overview of the field which may well be unmatched in anthropology.” • Ulf Hannerz, Stockholm University “The idea of exploring keywords offers a useful intervention into the field of mobilities research, which is especially useful for teaching. The choice of keywords is excellent, and the framing of each chapter is very good. The contributors are up to date on the current literature and debates of interest to the field.” • Mimi Sheller, Drexel University, USATable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Keywords of Mobility: A Critical Introduction Noel B. Salazar Chapter 1. Capital Kiran Jayaram Chapter 2. Cosmopolitanism Malasree Neepa Acharya Chapter 3. Freedom Bartholomew Dean Chapter 4. Gender Alice Elliot Chapter 5. Immobility Nichola Khan Chapter 6. Infrastructure Mari Korpela Chapter 7. Motility Hege Høyer Leivestad Chapter 8. Regime Beth Baker-Cristales Chapter 9. On the Ethnographic Engagement of Keywords Brenda Chalfin Chapter 10. Emergent and Potential Mobilities Ellen R. Judd Notes on Contributors Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Migration, Mobilities and the Arab Spring: Spaces
Book SynopsisConfronting questions of globalization, mobilities and space in the Mediterranean, and more specifically in the eastern Mediterranean, this book introduces a new type of complexity and ambiguity to the study of the global. In this theoretical frame an increasingly urban articulation of global logics and struggles, and an escalating use of urban space to make political claims, not only by citizens but also by foreigners, can be found. By emphasizing the interplay between global, regional and local phenomena, the book examines new forms and conditions, such as the transformation of borders, the reconfiguration of transnational communities, the agency of transnational families, new mobilities and diasporas, and transnational networks of humanitarian response. The contributions from a variety of disciplines demonstrate that the reconfiguration of mobilities and the accompanying problem of inhospitable politics towards refugees at different levels, as well as humanitarian responses to it, is one of the major impacts, globally speaking, of the Arab Spring. Through the reconfiguration of such new mobilities there is an urgency to properly map the space of the many trajectories of those transnational connections. The editor concludes that there is, however, great difficulty in doing so as it is constantly disconnected by new arrivals, constantly waiting to be determined by the configuration and reconfiguration of both historical and contemporary relations.This exploration of migration, mobilities and the Arab Spring, is essential reading for scholars across a multitude of disciplines. The book's themes are of major interest and importance for policymakers and administrators at national and international levels.Contributors include: H. Afailal, R. Al Akash, C. Beaugrand, K. Boswall, C. Denaro, K. Doraï, V. Geisser, L. Navone, N. Ribas-Mateos, S. Sassen, S. Schmelter, C.H. SchwarzTrade Review'Natalia Ribas-Mateos has produced a brilliant analysis of the consequences of the Arab Spring in terms of new and ongoing mobilities, migrations and displacement of populations - an essential component to understanding current global changes in the region and beyond. Empirically grounded and theoretically innovative, the book is a wonderful example of comparative interdisciplinary scholarship on an issue with both local and global resonance.' --Russell King, University of Sussex, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Saskia Sassen: Membership and its Instabilities PART I MAPPING KEY CONCEPTS AFTER 2011 1. Eastern Mediterranean Mobilities After the Arab Spring: Transformations Over Time or Sudden Change? Natalia Ribas-Mateos 2. The Role of Diasporas, Migrants and Exiles in the Arab Revolutions and Political Transitions Claire Beaugrand and Vincent Geisser 3. Euro-Mediterranean Relations in the Field of Migration Management: Contrasting Morocco and Turkey as Case Studies Hafsa Afailal PART II UNDERSTANDING MOBILITY AND ENCLOSURE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION 4. The Reconfiguration of Mediterranean Migration Routes After the War in Syria: Narratives of the ‘Egyptian Route’ to Italy (and Beyond) Chiara Denaro 5. Refugees From Syria as ‘Guests’ in Germany: The Moral Economy of German Refugee Policy In 2014 Christoph H. Schwarz PART III RESEARCHING BORDER ZONES: NEW MOBILITIES AND TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKS OF HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE 6. The Field Before the Battle: Palestinian Mobilities and the Gaza-Israel-Egypt Triangular Border Before (and After) The 2011 Egyptian Uprising Lorenzo Navone 7. Listening to the Voices of Syrian Women and Girls Living as Urban Refugees in Northern Jordan: A Narrative Ethnography of Early Marriage Ruba Al Akash and Karen Boswall 8. Palestinian Refugees and the Current Syrian Conflict: From Settled Refugees to Stateless Asylum Seekers? Kamel Doraï 9. The Question of Governing Syrian Refugees: An Ethnography of Lebanon's Humanitarian Regime Susanne Schmelter Index
£95.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Social Inequality Across the Generations: The
Book SynopsisSocial Inequality Across the Generations provides an innovative perspective on social stratification studies by advancing the theoretical and empirical case for the influence of resource compensation. It examines whether resource compensation is a successful mechanism for social mobility, contrasting it against competing types of resource accumulation such as multiplication. So, this book is the first to extensively cover the role of compensation in intergenerational attainment - a new and rapidly spreading concept in stratification research. The editors bring together research on different types of resources contributing to social mobility from the nuclear family, extended family and society, including in-depth analysis of the influence of wider family members in three different contexts and specific empirical chapters covering European and US societies. The authors cover a variety of institutional systems that achieve similar results through contrasting methods, and this conceptual framework reveals which policies have the biggest effect on social mobility. The book offers original insight into intergenerational inequality and mobility for researchers and students of social stratification research and social mobility, particularly within sociology, social policy and economics.Contributors include: F. Bernardi, H.-P. Blossfeld, D. Boertien, J. Erola, M. Grätz, J. Helemäe, M. Kainu, J. Kallio, O. Kangas, E. Kilpi-Jakonen, H. Lehti, A. Minello, J. Palme, F.T. Pfeffer, I. Prix, H. Pöyliö, E. Saar, Ø.N. WiborgTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Introduction 1. Compensation and other forms of accumulation in intergenerational social inequality Jani Erola and Elina Kilpi-Jakonen Part II: Intra-familial compensation 2. The role of economic and cultural resources in the intergenerational transmission of education in Estonia Ellu Saar and Jelena Helemäe 3. Do families display compensatory behaviour following parental separation? A study of the impact of separation on family life by social background Diederik Boertien 4. Parental responses to disadvantageous life events: The month of birth penalty in England Michael Grätz and Fabrizio Bernardi Part III: Extra-familial compensation 5. How do aunts and uncles compensate for low parental education in children’s educational attainment? Hannu Lehti and Jani Erola 6. Does Donald need Uncle Scrooge? Extended-family wealth and children’s educational attainment in the United States Irene Prix and Fabian Pfeffer 7. Family wealth and school grades in Norway: Exploring how immediate and extended family wealth matter for children’s school performance Øyvind N. Wiborg Part IV: Institutional compensation 8. Can adult education compensate for early disadvantages? The role of adult education in reducing inequalities for German men and women Alessandra Minello and Hans-Peter Blossfeld 9. The multifaceted roles of the social investment state in compensating, accumulating and multiplying endowments over the life cycle Olli Kangas, Joakim Palme and Markus Kainu 10. The impact of education and family policies on intergenerational transmission of socioeconomic status in Europe Heta Pöyliö and Johanna Kallio Index
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Mobility and Forced Displacement in the Middle
Book SynopsisAmid pervasive and toxic language, and equally ugly ideas, suggesting that migrants are invaders and human mobility is an aberration, one might imagine that human beings are naturally sedentary: that the desire to move from one's birthplace is abnormal. As the contributors to this volume attest, however, migration and human mobility are part and parcel of the world we live in, and the continuous flow of people and exchange of cultures are as old as the societies we have built together. Together, the chapters in this volume emphasise the diversity of the origins, consequences and experiences of human mobility in the Middle East. From multidisciplinary perspectives and through case studies, the contributors offer the reader a deeper understanding of current as well as historical incidences of displacement and forced migration. In addition to offering insights on multiple root causes of displacement, the book also addresses the complex challenges of host-refugee relations, migrants' integration and marginalisation, humanitarian agencies, and the role and responsibility of states. Cross-cutting themes bind several chapters together: the challenges of categories; the dynamics of control and contestation between migrants and states at borders; and the persistence of identity issues influencing regional patterns of migration.Trade Review'This collection is both a timely and significant contribution to our understanding of what makes movement and mobility a defining feature of contemporary life in the Middle East.' -- Dawn Chatty, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and Forced Migration, University of Oxford'Babar has skillfully assembled an impressive collection of case studies on voluntary and involuntary mobility in the Middle East. A valuable contribution to the debate on how states and non-state actors instrumentalise migration, displacement and statelessness.' -- Abdulhadi Khalaf, Professor of Sociology, Lund University'This volume is timely and essential as more borders harden, economies and societies struggle with refugees, and war continues to cause human suffering in the Middle East. An excellent read and a must-have resource for scholars in the field.' -- Jane Bristol-Rhys, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Zayed University Abu Dhabi, and author of 'Emirati Women'
£20.00
Emerald Publishing Limited Access to Success and Social Mobility through
Book SynopsisThis edited collection illuminates the benefits, drawbacks, challenges, opportunities of the push to widen access to success and social mobility through university and other post-secondary education experiences in the UK and internationally. It examines a range of particular case studies, and addresses issues including the role of part-time study, the experiences of BAME students, increasing access within rural communities, issues faced by those with mental health problems, and the role of employers. There has been some progress in some countries; increased access and enhanced success for some targeted populations, but not for others; and improvements in some regions of particular countries, but not for others. Efforts to improve access to success and social mobility, to strengthen the identification and nurturing of talent in every community and every corner of our societies, is, like the ‘curate’s egg’, only good in parts. This collection demonstrates that educational inequalities, unfairness and injustices still remain.Trade ReviewThrough 15 chapters by education researchers from the UK, Africa, the US, Israel, and Australia, this volume examines the challenges and opportunities related to widening access to success and social mobility through higher education experiences in the UK and around the world. They discuss how highly selective universities in the UK can be held to account for their contribution to social mobility; access to higher education in South Africa; the role of policy in enhancing social mobility through access to part-time study; increasing access to tertiary and higher education in rural communities in Tasmania and New Zealand; the contribution of social capital to student success in higher education; the experiences of black, Asian, and minority ethnic undergraduates in a UK creative arts university; students' views of the institutional learning environment in a multicultural college and impacts on their academic and social success; the relationship between social background and future educational and occupational outcomes; opening up higher education to those with mental health problems; service learning in academic activism for educational transformation; the development of a new campus of Coventry University in Scarborough; a teacher’s experience of the effect of part-time degree study; a whole-institution approach to widening participation in higher education; and the role of global advocacy and action in access. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *'Access to Success and Social Mobility Through Higher Education: A Curate’s Egg? is a welcome contribution to the current debate on access, success and social mobility, which can certainly provide a platform for local and global campaigning for social justice to drive change – a call for us to shout loudly about the need to think differently about how we address inequality of access to success and lifelong learning opportunities.' -- Kath Bridger, University of Bradford. Reviewed in Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, Volume 22, Number 1, April 2020.Table of ContentsForeword; Dianne Willcocks CBE, DL 1. Access to success and social mobility through higher education: A Curate's Egg?; Stuart Billingham Section A Aspects of the contemporary access debate 2. Access to the "elite" in England; Emile Sundorph, Danail Vasilev and Louis Coiffait 3. Access to higher education in South Africa; Clara Gwatirera 4. Learning through life revisited: the role of policy in enhancing social mobility through access to part-time study; Liz Marr and John Butcher 5. Increasing access to tertiary education in rural communities: experiences from Tasmania and New Zealand; Margaret Noble and Jessica Grant Section B Focusing on student success and social mobility 6. What can social capital contribute to student success in higher education? Perspectives from students and institutions; Helen May and Mark Jones 7. "So you want to be an academic"? The experiences of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic Undergraduates in a UK Creative Arts University; Siobhan Clay 8. Students' views of tertiary education as ‘access to success’: A case study of a multicultural college in Israel; Bruria Schaedel 9. Collective Responsibility and Collaborative Action: Universities and Employers in Pursuit of Social Mobility; Nik Miller Section C Innovations in access to success 10. Students not Patients: Opening-up the university to those with mental health problems; Simon Newton and Nick Rowe 11. Service-learning and academic activism: a review, prospects, and a time for revival?; Tony Wall, Dwight E Giles and Tim Stanton 12. Warming a higher education cold spot: the case of Coventry University in Scarborough; Craig Gaskell and Ian Dunn 13. A teacher's experience of the transformative pedagogic effect of part-time degree study; Gerard Sharpling and Neil Murray Section D Access to success and social mobility: Thinking big 14. Access to success and social mobility involves everyone! A whole institution approach to widening participation; Liz Thomas 15. Advocating for Access: World Access to Higher Education Day and beyond; Graeme Atherton
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