Following in Father's Footsteps - Social Mobility in Ireland (Hardcover, New)

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.

General

Imprint:	Harvard University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 1989
First published:	December 1989
Authors:	Michael Hout
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	384
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-674-30728-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > General
LSN:	0-674-30728-3
Barcode:	9780674307285

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