Social mobility books

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The History of Social Movements in Global Perspective: A Survey

The History of Social Movements in Global Perspective:...

Author: Stefan Berger ,  Holger Nehring
ISBN: 9781137304254
Format: Hardback
$356.95

In this volume, experts analyse the ‘classic’ and new social movements from a uniquely global perspective and...  Read More >>

Never Enough: Capitalism and the Progressive Spirit

Never Enough: Capitalism and the Progressive Spirit...

Author: Neil Gilbert (Chernin Professor of Social Welfare, Chernin Professor of Social Welfare, University of California at Berkleey)
ISBN: 9780199361335
Format: Hardback
$58.95

"It is said that greed fuels capitalism and socialism feeds on envy. But what happens in a stable society when a...  Read More >>

The New Social Mobility: How the Politicians Got It Wrong

The New Social Mobility: How the Politicians Got It...

Author: Geoff Payne (Newcastle University)
ISBN: 9781447310655
Format: Paperback
$57.99

Geoff Payne considers a wide range of dimensions of mobility and life chances to assess the causes and consequences...  Read More >>

The New Social Mobility: How the Politicians Got It Wrong

The New Social Mobility: How the Politicians Got It...

Author: Geoff Payne (Newcastle University)
ISBN: 9781447310662
Format: Hardback
$167.99

Geoff Payne considers a wide range of dimensions of mobility and life chances to assess the causes and consequences...  Read More >>

Bharat Mein Dalit: Ek Samaan Niyati ki Talaash

Bharat Mein Dalit: Ek Samaan Niyati ki Talaash

Author: Sukhadeo Thorat
ISBN: 9789385985447
Format: Paperback
$39.57

Dalits in India: Search for Common Destiny explores the status of Dalits in the country by presenting all-India...  Read More >>

The Spirit of Self-Help: A Life of Samuel Smiles

The Spirit of Self-Help: A Life of Samuel Smiles

Author: John Hunter
ISBN: 9780856835124
Format: Hardback
$51.62

The first biography of the man who launched the self-help phenomenon. Based on contemporary sources, many previously...  Read More >>

Collected Poems of Katherine Mansfield, The

Collected Poems of Katherine Mansfield, The

Author: Mansfield Katherine & Kimber Gerri ,  Gerri Kimber
ISBN: 9781877578816
Format: Hardback
$77.60

This is the first complete edition of Katherine Mansfield's poetry, including 26 poems, dating from 1909-10, discovered...  Read More >>

Household Mobility and Persistence in Guadalajara, Mexico: 1811–1842

Household Mobility and Persistence in Guadalajara, Mexico:...

Author: Monica L. Hardin
ISBN: 9781498540711
Format: Hardback
$198.00

This study examines mobility and migration patterns in early nineteenth-century Guadalajara, Mexico. Using data...  Read More >>

Family Background and University Success: Differences in Higher Education Access and Outcomes in England

Family Background and University Success: Differences...

Author: Claire Crawford (Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Warwick) ,  Lorraine Dearden (Professor of Economics and Social Statistics, UCL Institute of Education, University College London)
ISBN: 9780199689132
Format: Hardback
$80.95

The volume examines why young people from poorer families are less likely to go to university than their counterparts...  Read More >>

Migrants as Agents of Change: Social Remittances in an Enlarged European Union

Migrants as Agents of Change: Social Remittances in...

Author: Izabela Grabowska ,  Michał P. Garapich
ISBN: 9781137590657
Format: Hardback
$197.95

Whilst the circulation of ideas, norms and practices is an important aspect of modernity, acts of resistance, imitation...  Read More >>

How Inequality Runs in Families: Unfair Advantage and the Limits of Social Mobility

How Inequality Runs in Families: Unfair Advantage and...

Author: Gideon Calder
ISBN: 9781447331537
Format: Paperback
$23.99

In the UK, as in other rich countries, the 'playing-field' is anything but level and the family plays a surprisingly...  Read More >>

Family Life in an Age of Migration and Mobility: Global Perspectives through the Life Course

Family Life in an Age of Migration and Mobility: Global...

Author: Majella Kilkey ,  Ewa Palenga-Möllenbeck
ISBN: 9781137520975
Format: Hardback
$249.95

In an age of migration and mobility many aspects of contemporary family life – from biological reproduction to marriage,...  Read More >>

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in...

Author: J. D. Vance
ISBN: 9780008220556
Format: Paperback
$33.61

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE 'The political book of the year' Sunday Times...  Read More >>

The Politics of Inequality

The Politics of Inequality

Author: Carsten Jensen (Aarhus University, Aarhus C) ,  Kees Van Kersbergen (Department of Political Science and Gove, Aarhus)
ISBN: 9781137427014
Format: Hardback
$260.00

This systematic and up-to-date text introduces the nature of inequality, and examines its political, economic and...  Read More >>

The Politics of Inequality

The Politics of Inequality

Author: Carsten Jensen (Aarhus University, Aarhus C) ,  Kees Van Kersbergen (Department of Political Science and Gove, Aarhus)
ISBN: 9781137427007
Format: Paperback
$76.99

This systematic and up-to-date text introduces the nature of inequality, and examines its political, economic and...  Read More >>

Social Theory and Social Movements: Mutual Inspirations

Social Theory and Social Movements: Mutual Inspirations...

Author: Jochen Roose ,  Hella Dietz
ISBN: 9783658133801
Format: Paperback
$142.29

Social movements are not only a potential challenge tosocieties, they also challenge social theory. This volume...  Read More >>

Biological Implications of Human Mobility

Biological Implications of Human Mobility

Author: Slawomir Koziel ,  Raja Chakraborty
ISBN: 9781634856447
Format: Hardback
$550.44

This book outlays the possible influence of some important aspects of human migration and social mobility on the...  Read More >>

Migration, Mobilities and the Arab Spring: Spaces of Refugee Flight in the Eastern Mediterranean

Migration, Mobilities and the Arab Spring: Spaces of...

Author: Natalia Ribas-Mateos
ISBN: 9781785361944
Format: Hardback
$247.00

By emphasizing the interplay between global, regional and local phenomena, the book examines new forms and conditions,...  Read More >>

Higher Education, Social Class and Social Mobility: The Degree Generation

Higher Education, Social Class and Social Mobility:...

Author: Ann-Marie Bathmaker ,  Nicola Ingram
ISBN: 9781137534804
Format: Hardback
$249.95

This book explores higher education, social class and social mobility from the point of view of those most intimately...  Read More >>

Florence Grace

Florence Grace

Author: Tracy Rees
ISBN: 9781784296179
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Florrie Buckley is an orphan, living on the wind-blasted moors of Cornwall. It's a hard existence but Florrie is...  Read More >>

The Way Back: Restoring the Promise of America

The Way Back: Restoring the Promise of America

Author: F. H. Buckley
ISBN: 9781594038570
Format: Hardback
$49.99

The promise of America is that, with ambition and hard work, anyone can rise to the top. But now the promise has...  Read More >>

Keywords of Mobility: Critical Engagements

Keywords of Mobility: Critical Engagements

Author: Noel B. Salazar ,  Kiran Jayaram
ISBN: 9781785331466
Format: Hardback
$256.16

Scholars from various disciplines have used key concepts to grasp mobilities, but as of yet, a working vocabulary...  Read More >>

Bounded Mobilities: Ethnographic Perspectives on Social Hierarchies and Global Inequalities

Bounded Mobilities: Ethnographic Perspectives on Social...

Author: Miriam Gutekunst ,  Andreas Hackl
ISBN: 9783837631234
Format: Paperback
$74.95

Mobility is a keyword of late modernity that suggests an increasingly unrestrained and interconnected world of individual...  Read More >>

The Myth of Meritocracy: Why Working-Class Kids Still Get Working-Class Jobs

The Myth of Meritocracy: Why Working-Class Kids Still...

Author: James Bloodworth
ISBN: 9781785900532
Format: Hardback
$19.99

James Bloodworth tackles the thorny issue of class, privilege and wealth in contemporary Britain, taking to task...  Read More >>

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