Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This is a very interesting, well written, comprehensive and accessible survey of a complex topic – I would recommend it!”
Alun Francis, Chair of the Social Mobility Commission
“Heath and Li are impressively comprehensive in their discussion of social mobility. They examine occupational change from the medieval period onwards, review insights generated by the latest studies using tax data and provide fresh statistics on the historically understudied issues of mobility by gender, race and migration status.”
Jo Blanden, University of Surrey
“Social Mobility is a hugely important book on a topic that matters to us all. It is historical, comparative and interdisciplinary in its review of patterns and trends with due regard to gender and race and ethnicity. The discussion on who gets ahead and why is simply excellent.”
Fiona Devine, University of Manchester
Table of Contents1. What is Social Mobility and Why Does It Matter?
2. Landmarks: A Brief History of Mobility Research
3. Intergenerational Social Class Mobility in the Twenty-First Century
4. Intergenerational Income Mobility and the Great Gatsby Curve
5. Gender: Bringing Mobility Research into the Twenty-First Century
6. Race and Ethnicity: Entrenched Disadvantage?
7. Trends in Social Mobility: From the Medieval Period to the Twenty-First Century
8. Who Gets Ahead and Why?
9. Conclusion: Individual and Collective Consequences of Mobility
