This is the first systematic study of patterns of social mobility
in Ireland. It covers a recent period-the 1960s-when Ireland was
undergoing rapid economic growth and modernization. The author thus
was able to test the widely accepted hypothesis that growth weakens
class barriers. To his surprise he found that it did not. Social
mobility increased somewhat, but among mobile men the better jobs
still went to those from advantaged social class origins. Despite
economic development and demographic change, the underlying link
between social origins and career destinations remained unchanged.
In chapters on education, life cycle, religion, and farming,
Michael Hout shows how inequality persists in contemporary Ireland.
In the last chapter he reviews evidence from other countries and
concludes that governments must take action against class barriers
in education and employment practices if inequality is to be
reduced. Economic growth creates jobs, he argues, but economic
growth alone cannot allocate those jobs fairly.
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