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The Class Ceiling : Why It Pays To Be Privileged
Hardback Edition: 1
The hidden barriers, or 'glass ceilings', preventing women and minority ethnic groups from getting to the top are well documented. Yet questions of social class -- and specifically class origin -- have been curiously absent from these debates. In this book, Friedman and Laurison argue that there is also a powerful 'class ceiling' at play in elite occupations. Drawing on analysis of the UK, U.S, France, Australia and Norway, they demonstrate that even when those from working-class backgrounds make it into the most prestigious jobs they still earn, on average, 10-15% less than colleagues from privileged backgrounds. Drawing on 200 interviews across four case studies -- television, accountancy, architecture, and acting -- they explore the complex barriers facing the upwardly mobile. This is a rich, ambitious book that demands we take seriously not just the glass but also the class ceiling.
Featured in the April 2019 Business newsletter.
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Pages : 224
Publisher : Policy Press
Publication date : 2019-07-01
Subjects: Non-fiction, Social Sciences, Sociology, Social Classes