| Description |
xii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Social Justice -- 3. Social Class -- 4. Class Mobility -- 5. Education: Patterns -- 6. Education: Trends -- 7. Meritocracy -- 8. Social Justice Revisited -- 9. Conclusion -- App. A. Technical Details of Data-Sets -- App. B. Guide to Statistical Techniques -- App. C. Constructing Goldthorpe Classes -- App. D. Coding Educational Attainment -- App. E. Social Justice and Non-vertical Social Mobility -- App. F. The Ideology of Meritocratic Socialism -- App. G. The Class and Gender Debate -- App. H. The Featherman-Jones-Hauser Hypothesis -- App. I. Status Attainment and Meritocracy -- App. J. Popular Beliefs about Meritocracy |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p250-262. _ Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [250]-262) and index |
| Subject |
Social classes -- Great Britain.
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Social justice.
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Social mobility -- Great Britain.
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| Author |
Roberts, Stephen, 1950-
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Swift, Adam, 1961-
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| LC no. |
96040028 |
| ISBN |
0198292392 (paperback: acid-free paper) |
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0198292406 (acid-free paper) |
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