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Books on: social mobility

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Social Mobility in Europe

Book by Richard Breen; Oxford University Press, 2004

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Social Mobility--Europe

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...the micro-foundations of social mobility, the study of which is dominated...the Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility of the International Sociological...Italy 2 National survey on social mobility 1985 Italian household longitudinal...
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Social Mobility in Industrial Society

Book by Seymour Martin Lipset, Reinhard Bendix; University of California Press, 1959

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Social Mobility

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...of recent research in social mobility. In this chapter we...Glass, ed., Social Mobility in Britain London: Routledge...349; P. Sorokin, Social Mobility New York: Harper...Zetterberg, "A Theory of Social Mobility"," in Transactions...
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New Markets, New Opportunities? Economic and Social Mobility in a Changing World

Book by Nancy Birdsall, Carol Graham; Brookings Institutuion, 2000

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Equality--Europe, Eastern, Equality--Latin America, Income Distribution--Europe, Eastern, Income Distribution--Latin America, Social Mobility--Europe, Eastern, Social Mobility--Latin America

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...weights," "values" that determine relative social standing, social mobility by many indicators is likely to be greater...equal, may be associated with less social mobility. Fourth, social mobility is important because the greater average...
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Social Structure and Mobility in Economic Development

Book by Neil J. Smelser, Seymour Martin Lipset; Aldine Publishing, 1966

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Economic Development, Social Mobility, Social Structure

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...play an important role in shaping the impact of mobility on social structure and social processes. Intervening contextual variables...p. 188. On the disorganizing effects of social mobility, see the summary and bibliography in Seymour...
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Pathways to Social Class: A Qualitative Approach to Social Mobility

Book by Daniel Bertaux, Paul Thompson; Clarendon Press, 1997

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Social Classes, Social Mobility

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...goods and money, for social recognition and political...trajectories which mark out mobility. 10 Social mobility processes in...social competition and mobility: and in this they exemplify...their thinking, today social mobility research has...

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Journal Articles on: social mobility

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Social and Geographical Mobility in the Old World and New World Communities: Earls Colne, Ipswich and Springfield, 1636-1685

Journal article by Robert Von Friedeburg; Journal of Social History, Vol. 29, 1995

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Ipswich, Massachusetts--Social aspects, Seventeenth century--Massachusetts, Social mobility--Research, Springfield, Massachusetts--Social aspects

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Social and geographical mobility in the Old World and New World...matter of debate. The study of both social mobility and geographical mobility and their...William Pynchon or Daniel Denison. Social mobility for the majority of the inhabitants...
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Intergenerational Social Mobility: The United States in Comparative Perspective

Journal article by Emily Beller, Michael Hout; The Future of Children, Vol. 16, 2006

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Economic development--Analysis, Economic development--Forecasts and trends, Economic development--United States, Income distribution--Analysis, Income distribution--Forecasts and trends, Social mobility--Analysis, Social mobility--Forecasts and trends, United States--Economic aspects

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Intergenerational Social Mobility: The United States in Comparative...were in the early 1960s. (2) Social mobility from one generation to the next...high. But slow growth reduces social mobility, as does a closed opportunity...
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Chinese Social Stratification and Social Mobility

Journal article by Yanji Bian; Annual Review of Sociology, 2002

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China--Economic aspects, China--Political aspects, China--Politics and government, China--Social aspects, Social mobility--Economic aspects, Social mobility--Political aspects, Social mobility--Politics and government, Social stratification

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...Chinese social stratification and social mobility. by Yanji Bian INTRODUCTION...to the political dimensions of social mobility peculiar to Communism (Walder...as of nonelite social groups. SOCIAL MOBILITY Overall Trend It was rare to...
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Dance, Physicality, and Social Mobility in Jane Austen's Persuasion

Journal article by Cheryl A. Wilson; Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal, Vol. 25, 2003

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Austen, Jane--Criticism and interpretation, Dance--Social aspects, Dancing--Social aspects, Persuasion (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Social mobility--Portrayals

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Dance, Physicality, and Social Mobility in Jane Austens Persuasion...novel and to foreground issues of social mobility. Moreover, the use of dance...of individual desires through social mobility. Social groups form and re...
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Making It in America: Social Mobility in the Immigrant Population

Journal article by George J. Borjas; The Future of Children, Vol. 16, 2006

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Immigrants--Educational aspects, Immigrants--Social aspects, Income distribution--Analysis, Income distribution--Forecasts and trends, Social mobility--Analysis, Social mobility--Forecasts and trends

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Making It in America: Social Mobility in the Immigrant Population...follows I summarize research on social mobility in the immigrant population and...An Economic Perspective on Social Mobility From a broad perspective, social...

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Magazine Articles on: social mobility

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From Rags to Rags (and Riches to Riches): Labour Came to Power with a Mission to Improve Social Mobility. but the Chances of a Bright Child from a Poor Family Becoming a High-Flyer Have Worsened

Magazine article by Wendy Piatt; New Statesman, Vol. 132, August 18, 2003

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Educational sociology, Social mobility, United Kingdom--Social policy

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...power with a mission to improve social mobility. But the chances of a bright...But some on the left argue that social mobility is a red herring. A Labour government...a special IPPR conference on social mobility: www.ippr.org.uk
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Schools of Hard Knocks: Education Is the Ticket of Entry to the Middle Class. So Why Has Bush Done So Little to Establish Social Equity and So Much to Impede Social Mobility? Chalk It Up to "Compassionate Conservatism."

Magazine article by Richard D. Kahlenberg; The American Prospect, Vol. 15, May 2004

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Academic degrees--Economic aspects, Bush, George W.--Education policy, Degrees, Academic--Economic aspects, Federal aid to education--Political aspects, Middle class--Education, Middle classes--Education, Social mobility--Educational aspects

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...Why Has Bush Done So Little to Establish Social Equity and So Much to Impede Social Mobility? Chalk It Up to "Compassionate Conservatism...percentage plans do little to help promote social mobility because they disproportionately benefit the...
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Abbots Ascendant: William Chester Jordan's Study of One of Medieval Europe's Great Monastic Rivalries Suggests That Social Mobility May Have Been More Common in the Middle Ages Than Historians Previously Thought

Magazine article by William Chester Jordan; History Today, Vol. 59, August 2009

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Abbots--History, Aliens, Church history, 600-1500 (Middle Ages), Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500, Church--Social aspects, Social mobility--History, de Vendome, Mathieu--History, de Ware, Richard--History

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...Monastic Rivalries Suggests That Social Mobility May Have Been More Common in the...frequently complained about upward social mobility. They spoke of administrators...threat to the integrity of their own social relations and cultural exclusiveness...
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If You Want Help, Fill out These Forms: Mobility Is Already a Problem for People in Need of Social Care, So Why Make It Harder? Paul Rodgers Discovers the Contradictions of a Profoundly Dysfunctional System

Magazine article by Paul Rodgers; New Statesman, Vol. 136, October 1, 2007

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Disabled persons--Civil rights, Disabled persons--Social aspects, Federal aid to community health services--Evaluation, Government aid to community health services--Evaluation, Social service--Evaluation, Social services--Evaluation, United Kingdom. Department of Health--Powers and duties

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...Fill out These Forms: Mobility Is Already a Problem for People in Need of Social Care, So Why Make It Harder...one of the main problems social care is supposed to deal...among people working in the social care sector is that the huge...
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Footprints of History: Giorgio Riello and Peter McNeil Find Shoes a Fascinating Key to Social Mores, and Discuss What Choice and Design of Footwear Can Tell Us about Morality, Mobility and Sexuality in Europe over the Centuries

Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 57, March 2007

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Art and fashion--History, Fashion and art--History, Footwear components--Design and construction, Footwear components--Social aspects, Footwear--History, Men's boots--Social aspects, Men's shoes--Design and construction, Men's shoes--Social aspects, Social ethics--Demographic aspects, Social sciences and ethics--Demographic aspects, Women's shoes--Design and construction, Women's shoes--Social aspects

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...Shoes a Fascinating Key to Social Mores, and Discuss What Choice...Can Tell Us about Morality, Mobility and Sexuality in Europe over...their clothes as indicators of social status. Ones position in society...acceptance among particular social groups seems a perfectly innocent...

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Newspaper Articles on: social mobility

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Schools Are the Key to Real Social Mobility

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 21, 2009

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Mobility (Military science)--Reports

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Schools Are the Key to Real Social Mobility. THE report by the former health secretary, Alan Milburn, into social mobility which is published today...universities, which are advised to take the social backgrounds of candidates into account...
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Milburn: Britain Has Got Talent but We Need Social Mobility

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 21, 2009

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Mobility (Military science)

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...Britain Has Got Talent but We Need Social Mobility. Byline: Nicholas Cecil Chief...opportunities because of the lack of social mobility in Britain, an authoritative...called for "a second great wave of social mobility" like that of the Fifties...
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Jobs Advice for Nine-Year-Olds to Help Boost Social Mobility

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 21, 2009

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Mobility (Military science)

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...Nine-Year-Olds to Help Boost Social Mobility. Byline: Nicholas Cecil Chief...authoritative report on tackling the lack of social mobility in Britain. The study...Milburn said: "If the growth in social exclusivity is not checked it will...
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Social Mobility Myth; How Labour Has Punished Middle-Class Families for Problem 'That Doesn't Exist'

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 1, 2010

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Family--Social aspects

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Social Mobility Myth; How Labour Has Punished Middle...Government policies designed to fix a social mobility problem which does not exist...tank says Labour squandered billions on social engineering projects which had little...
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Don't Let Impatience Wreck Good Intentions of Social Mobility; Children from Wealthier Families Do Better at West Midlands Schools, Universities and the Jobs Market. but Will Government Initiatives to Create a Fairer Society Make a Difference? Political Editor Jonathan Walker Looks at the Figures

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 7, 2011

Subjects:

Clegg, Nick

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...Impatience Wreck Good Intentions of Social Mobility; Children from Wealthier Families...testing of proposals to improve social mobility should take place before they...sign up to a Business Compact on Social Mobility, in which they commit to reforming...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: social mobility

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Sociology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Sociologists study such areas as bureaucracy, community, deviant behavior, family, public opinion, social change, social mobility, social stratification, and such specific problems as crime, divorce, child abuse, and substance addiction...
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Chou

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...ideas. In the second half of the dynasty, striking social and economic changes also took place. Iron implements...of the aristocrats was minimized, and there was more social mobility. See C.-Y. Hsu, Ancient China in Transition...
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Caste

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...broad, undifferentiated social classes. Below the category...categories. Traditionally, caste mobility has taken the form of movement...new castes. Every type of social group as it appears may be...since the 19th cent., but social distinctions have been more...
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Armor

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...for war, was often very costly, and could be an index of social status. A Greek hoplite s armor confirmed that he was a citizen...worn as a garment. The evolution of warfare, with increased mobility, diminished the importance of personal armor even before firearms...
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Housing

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...in substandard urban dwellings. The depressed economies and social inequities of many governments have worked against development...War II (1962); J. B. Cullingworth, Housing and Labour Mobility (1969); R. W. Bolling, Housing Development and Urban...

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