In The Class Ceiling, authors Sam Friedman and Daniel Laurison deftly dismantle popular
(and often highly politicized) myths about inequality and meritocracy in the UK. First, and …

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 …

How do elites signal their superior social position via the consumption of culture? We
address this question by drawing on 120 years of “recreations” data (N= 71,393) contained …

Why do people from privileged class backgrounds often misidentify their origins as working
class? We address this question by drawing on 175 interviews with those working in …

This article studies how exclusive social groups shape upward mobility and whether
interactions between low-and high-status peers can integrate the top rungs of the economic …

Die Abgehobenen: Eliten höhlen die Demokratie aus Die Eliten werden immer mehr zur
geschlossenen Gesellschaft. Das gilt nicht nur für die Wirtschafts-, sondern zunehmend …

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156 Accredited European Schools, 15 Advance Levels (A-Levels), 11, 68, 95, 139 ADvTech …

In recent decades, youth sociology in the antipodes has paid inadequate attention to social
class and the question of privilege. We critique narrow and utilitarian ways that social class …

Regular prices and temporary discounts are important elements for retailers' and brands'
pricing decisions. These two variables need to be considered separately because consumer …

In this article we demonstrate that those from working-class backgrounds face a powerful
'class ceiling'in elite occupations. Examining how class origin shapes economic returns in …