First Published in 1998. This is Volume IV of eighteen of a series on the Sociology of Public Policy, Welfare and Social Work. Stemming from an original study on social mobility, this book looks at Britain's higher civil servants from 1870 to 1955 who are mainly sourced from the expensively-educated middle classes.

First Published in 1998. This is Volume IV of eighteen of a series on the Sociology of Public Policy, Welfare and Social Work. Stemming from an original study on social mobility, this book looks at Britain's higher civil servants from 1870 to 1955 who are mainly sourced from the expensively-educated middle classes.