The class ceiling : why it pays to be privileged

By:

Friedman, Sam

Contributor(s):

Laurison, Daniel

Publication details: Bristol ; Policy Press, 2019; Chicago : Policy Press, 2019Description: xiv, 367pISBN:

9781447336068

Subject(s):

NLM classification:

HM 220

Summary: Politicians continually tell us that anyone can get ahead. But is that really true? This book takes readers behind the closed doors of elite employers to reveal how class affects who gets to the top. Friedman and Laurison show that a powerful 'class pay gap' exists in Britain's elite occupations. Even when those from working-class backgrounds make it into prestigious jobs, they earn, on average, 16% less than colleagues from privileged backgrounds. But why is this the case? Drawing on 175 interviews across four case studies - television, accountancy, architecture, and acting - they explore the complex barriers facing the upwardly mobile.

List(s) this item appears in: Barts Health - Inclusion and Diversity Collection

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Book	Whipps Cross Library (Barts Health) Shelves	HM 220 FRI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		BARTS005288

Politicians continually tell us that anyone can get ahead. But is that really true? This book takes readers behind the closed doors of elite employers to reveal how class affects who gets to the top. Friedman and Laurison show that a powerful 'class pay gap' exists in Britain's elite occupations. Even when those from working-class backgrounds make it into prestigious jobs, they earn, on average, 16% less than colleagues from privileged backgrounds. But why is this the case? Drawing on 175 interviews across four case studies - television, accountancy, architecture, and acting - they explore the complex barriers facing the upwardly mobile.

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