Social Mobility

by Anthony Heath and Yaojun Li

Social mobility has long been one of the central topics of sociology. It has been the subject of major theoretical contributions from the earliest generations of scholars, as well as being of persistent political interest and concern. Social mobility is frequently used as a key measure of fairness and social justice, given the central role that modern liberal democracies give to equality of opportunity. More pragmatically, policymakers often consider...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745683061
• ISBN13: 9780745683065
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.6"