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Social Mobility
Anthony Heath, Yaojun Li
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R520
Discovery Miles 5 200
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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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 it a force for economic growth and social integration.
  However, discussions of social mobility have
increasingly become dominated by advanced statistical techniques,
impenetrable to all but specialists in quantitative methods. In
this concise and lucid book, Anthony Heath and Yaojun Li cut
through the technical literature to provide an eye-opening account
of the ideas, debates and realities that surround this important
social phenomenon. Their book illuminates the major patterns and
trends in rates of social mobility, and their drivers, in
contemporary western and emerging societies, ultimately enabling
readers to understand and engage with this perennially relevant
social issue.Â
Social capital is fundamentally concerned with resources in social
relations. This Handbook brings together leading scholars from
around the world to address important questions on the
determinants, manifestations and consequences of social capital.
Various mechanisms of formal and informal social involvement, its
relationship with other forms of social exclusion and its role in
civic, instrumental and expressive domains of our socio-economic
and community lives are explored. This unique Handbook: * combines
cutting-edge theory with appropriate data and methods * explores
the mechanisms of formal and informal social involvement including
the role of parental class and cultural influence, and the
consequences for our personal and community lives * links social
capital with other domains of social inequality such as cultural
practice and philanthropic behaviour in an in-depth examination of
the social stratification processes * conducts a thorough analysis
of formal and informal social involvement, and bonding and bridging
social ties on trust, tolerance, community cohesion, educational
attainment, labour market position, quality of life and ethnic
entrepreneurism * analyzes social capital as both an outcome and as
a mediating variable at the micro, meso and macro levels.
Accessible yet rigorous, this Handbook presents a challenge to both
social capital researchers interested in explaining social
inequality and to policy-makers with responsibility for designing
effective measures for combating social exclusion. It will also be
essential reading for students in sociology, political science,
developmental economics and management studies. Contributors: N.
Allum, R. Andersen, L. Becares, Y. Bian, F. Buscha, C. Cheng, R.R.
Cote, D. Cutts, N. Demireva, F. Devine, J.K. Dhillon, L. Donato,
B.H. Erickson, J. Fiel, J. Field, E. Fieldhouse, A. Gamoran, A.
Garcia-Macias, D. Griffiths, A. Heath, X. Huang, P.S. Lambert, J.
Laurence, Y. Li, M. Lubbers, J.L. Molina, J. Nazroo, J. Pampalona,
R. Patulny, J. Rodriguez Menes, M. Savage, M. Shoji, P. Sturgis,
E.M. Uslaner, H. Valenzuela-Garcia, P.-P. Verhaeghe, W. Wang, A.
Warde, M. Western, L. Zhang, L. Zhang, W. Zhang
Social capital is fundamentally concerned with resources in social
relations. This Handbook brings together leading scholars from
around the world to address important questions on the
determinants, manifestations and consequences of social capital.
Various mechanisms of formal and informal social involvement, its
relationship with other forms of social exclusion and its role in
civic, instrumental and expressive domains of our socio-economic
and community lives are explored. This unique Handbook: * combines
cutting-edge theory with appropriate data and methods * explores
the mechanisms of formal and informal social involvement including
the role of parental class and cultural influence, and the
consequences for our personal and community lives * links social
capital with other domains of social inequality such as cultural
practice and philanthropic behaviour in an in-depth examination of
the social stratification processes * conducts a thorough analysis
of formal and informal social involvement, and bonding and bridging
social ties on trust, tolerance, community cohesion, educational
attainment, labour market position, quality of life and ethnic
entrepreneurism * analyzes social capital as both an outcome and as
a mediating variable at the micro, meso and macro levels.
Accessible yet rigorous, this Handbook presents a challenge to both
social capital researchers interested in explaining social
inequality and to policy-makers with responsibility for designing
effective measures for combating social exclusion. It will also be
essential reading for students in sociology, political science,
developmental economics and management studies. Contributors: N.
Allum, R. Andersen, L. Becares, Y. Bian, F. Buscha, C. Cheng, R.R.
Cote, D. Cutts, N. Demireva, F. Devine, J.K. Dhillon, L. Donato,
B.H. Erickson, J. Fiel, J. Field, E. Fieldhouse, A. Gamoran, A.
Garcia-Macias, D. Griffiths, A. Heath, X. Huang, P.S. Lambert, J.
Laurence, Y. Li, M. Lubbers, J.L. Molina, J. Nazroo, J. Pampalona,
R. Patulny, J. Rodriguez Menes, M. Savage, M. Shoji, P. Sturgis,
E.M. Uslaner, H. Valenzuela-Garcia, P.-P. Verhaeghe, W. Wang, A.
Warde, M. Western, L. Zhang, L. Zhang, W. Zhang
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Social Mobility
Anthony Heath, Yaojun Li
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R1,477
Discovery Miles 14 770
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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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 it a force for economic growth and social integration.
  However, discussions of social mobility have
increasingly become dominated by advanced statistical techniques,
impenetrable to all but specialists in quantitative methods. In
this concise and lucid book, Anthony Heath and Yaojun Li cut
through the technical literature to provide an eye-opening account
of the ideas, debates and realities that surround this important
social phenomenon. Their book illuminates the major patterns and
trends in rates of social mobility, and their drivers, in
contemporary western and emerging societies, ultimately enabling
readers to understand and engage with this perennially relevant
social issue.Â
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the patterns and
trends of socio-economic development and social division in
contemporary Chinese society. It discusses the determinants,
manifestations and consequences of social inequality in the last 40
years with particular regard to social mobility, educational
attainment, social capital, health, labor market position,
including employment (opportunity), career advancement and
earnings, housing, wealth and assets, urbanization, social
integration of migrant peasant workers into urban life, social
protest and civic engagement, subjective well-being and subjective
social status.
In his landmark 1942 report on social insurance Sir William
Beveridge talked about the 'five giants on the road to
reconstruction' - the giants of Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor,
and Idleness. Social Progress in Britain investigates how much
progress Britain has made in tackling the challenges of material
deprivation, ill-health, educational standards, lack of housing,
and unemployment in the decades since Beveridge wrote. It also asks
how progress in Britain compares with that of peer countries -
Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden and the USA. Has
Britain been slipping behind? What has been the impact of the
increased economic inequality which Britain experienced in the
1980s - has rising economic inequality been mirrored by increasing
inequalities in other areas of life too? Have there been increasing
inequalities of opportunity between social classes, men and women,
and different ethnic groups? And what have been the implications
for Britain's sense of social cohesion?
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