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Underpinned by the fact that the globalization process and the
subsequent increased level of market uncertainty have paved the way
for employment flexibility in modern societies, this book examines
the labor market chances of young adults in the US and in ten
European societies over the past three decades. As young adults
represent a very vulnerable labor market group, flexible and
insecure employment tends to be pronounced especially at labor
market entry. The contributors therefore explore which groups of
young adults are especially affected by increasing employment
insecurities.Extending analysis to the early career phase, the book
discusses whether flexible employment relationships in younger
cohorts are a temporary phenomenon at the very beginning of
people's careers, or if the labor markets of modern societies are
currently fundamentally changing because flexible employment
relationships are permanently succeeding in the labor market with
the entry of new cohorts. Discussing the development of social
inequality structures in an era of globalization, this book will be
of interest to scholars and researchers focusing on international
comparative research, globalization, labor markets, and social
inequality.
Building upon extensive research into modern British society, this
book traces out trends in social mobility and their relation to
educational inequalities, with surprising results. Contrary to what
is widely supposed, Bukodi and Goldthorpe's findings show there has
been no overall decline in social mobility - though downward
mobility is tending to rise and upward mobility to fall - and
Britain is not a distinctively low mobility society. However, the
inequalities of mobility chances among individuals, in relation to
their social origins, have not been reduced and remain in some
respects extreme. Exposing the widespread misconceptions that
prevail in political and policy circles, this book shows that
educational policy alone cannot break the link between inequality
of condition and inequality of opportunity. It will appeal to
students, researchers, policy makers, and anyone interested in the
issues surrounding social inequality, social mobility and
education.
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