Description
Social Mobility for the 21st Century addresses experiences of social mobility, and the detailed processes through which entrenched, intergenerationally transmitted privilege is reproduced. Contributions include (but are not limited to) family relationships, studentsâ encounters with higher education, narratives of work careers, and âmobility identitiesâ. The book intends to challenge both the framework of the more traditional approach, and the politicisation of mobility which casts âmobilityâ as a possession, a commodity or a character trait, and threatens to castigate the ânon-mobileâ as carrying a personal responsibility for their situation.
This book presents critical analyses of routes into social mobility, the experience of social mobility, and the political and social implications of social mobilityâs âpanaceaâ status. Drawing on the work of established scholars and more recent entrants, the chapters offer a fresh look at social mobility, opening up the topic t
