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The Class Ceiling: Why it Pays to be Privileged de Sam Friedman

The Class Ceiling: Why it Pays to be Privileged

Autor Sam Friedman, Daniel Laurison
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 ian 2020
Politicians continually tell us that anyone can get ahead. But is that really true? This important book takes readers behind the closed doors of elite employers to reveal how class affects who gets to the top. Friedman and Laurison show that a powerful ‘class pay gap’ exists in Britain’s elite occupations. Even when those from working-class backgrounds make it into prestigious jobs, they earn, on average, 16% less than colleagues from privileged backgrounds. But why is this the case? . Drawing on 175 interviews across four case studies - television, accountancy, architecture, and acting – they explore the complex barriers facing the upwardly mobile. This is a rich, ambitious book that demands we take seriously not just the glass but also the class ceiling.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781447336105
ISBN-10: 1447336100
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Bristol University Press
Colecția Policy Press

Notă biografică

Sam Friedman is associate professor of sociology at the London School of Economics and a commissioner at the Social Mobility Commission. He is cofounder of the Stratification and Culture Research Network. Daniel Laurison is assistant professor at Swarthmore College. Previously he was at the London School of Economics and Political Science. 
 

Cuprins

Introduction Getting in Getting on Untangling the class pay gap Inside elite firms The bank of Mum and Dad A helping hand Fitting in View from the top Self-elimination Class ceilings: A new approach to social mobility Conclusion Epilogue: 10 ways to break

Recenzii

“Reading The Class Ceiling hit home in so many places I felt bruised by the end.”
 

“The Class Ceiling is full of interesting angles. . . Friedman and Laurison’s most valuable contribution is the light they shed on the more insidious forms of advantage that those from privileged backgrounds bring to the world of work”

“One of the most insightful works on the dynamics of inequality since Pickett and Wilkinson’s The Spirit Level a decade ago.”
 

“The Class Ceiling blows apart the myth of our supposed meritocracy.”

"The Class Ceiling marshals a wide range of data, analysis and experience in an accessible and readable manner. . . Rather than merely confirming suspicions, this book makes the continued existence of class bias in occupational and public life more difficult for cheerleaders of meritocracy to deny, and–crucially–offers ways to end it.”

‘’An important book which sets out a new model for the discussion of social mobility both methodologically and theoretically. The stories of the working-class people the authors interviewed make powerful reading illustrating the emotional costs of aspiration.’’

“This compelling book offers a fresh approach to understanding how social class matters. Easy to read, highly recommended!”
 

“Friedman and Laurison show how it can possibly be that upwardly mobile executives and professionals earn less than those raised in the upper classes. Everybody in The Class Ceiling has a desirable job, but even in the upper reaches of British society, class roots matter.”
 

“This stunning book provides a panoramic overview of class inequality in the UK labour market with a forensic scrutiny of the ways in which privilege works to keep the class ceiling firmly in place."
 

"A well-conceived and important study which makes a significant contribution to knowledge about social mobility, and an important intervention into broader political debates.”

"Without question this is the most outstanding study of social mobility in the UK to have appeared in the past 20 years. Using a brilliant mixed method design, Friedman and Laurison trace the long shadow of class privilege in driving career prospects even in the supposedly dynamic sectors of today’s knowledge economy. Anyone who thinks Britain is a meritocracy needs to ponder the lessons of this wonderful book."
 

‘’The book provides compelling reading concerning the ways in which a modern country sorts its privileged children into career tracks that matter hugely for the welfare of society.’’

‘’Friedman and Laurison have made an important contribution to contemporary debates about social rise and equal opportunities. . . The book shows the added value of combining qualitative (interviews) and quantitative (large-scale surveys) data.’’

‘’[The authors] shed light on what they call a class ceiling based on a meticulous investigation into the cultural professions of London…social mobility, its determinants, its consequences and its developments.’’

“Friedman and Laurison’s empirical study combines economic statistics with in-depth interviews [and] provides an exquisite insight into the existence of class society.”