Social Mobility in Britain

This is Volume XVI of twenty-one in a series on Race, Class and Social Structure. Originally published in 1954, this study looks at social mobility in Great Britain; including social grading of occupations, social stratification, a sample and the educational experience of adults in England and Wales as of July 1949.

Autorentext

D.V. Glass

Zusammenfassung
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Inhalt

PREFACE, PART I, I. INTRODUCTION, II. THE SOCIAL GRADING OF OCCUPATIONS, III. SOME SUBJECTIVE ASPECTS OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION, PART II, IV. A DESCRIPTION OF A SAMPLE INQUIRY INTO SOCIAL MOBILITY IN GREAT BRITAIN, V. THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF THE ADULT POPULATION OF ENGLAND AND WALE5 AS AT JULY 1949, VI. SOCIAL STATUS AND SECONDARY EDUCATION SINCE THE 1944 ACT: SOME DATA FOR LONDON, VII. AN INQUIRY INTO PARENTS' PREFERENCES IN SECONDARY EDUCATION, PART III, VIII. SOCIAL MOBILITY IN BRITAIN: A STUDY OF INTER-GENERATION CHANGES IN STATUS, IX. A STUDY OF SOCIAL MOBILITY BETWEEN THREE GENERATIONS, X. EDUCATION AND SOCIAL MOBILITY, XI. SELF-RECRUITMENT IN FOUR PROFESSIONS, XII. SOCIAL MOBILITY AND MARRIAGE: A STUDY OF TRENDS IN ENGLAND AND WALES, PART IV, XIII. SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS, XIV. A STUDY OF THREB VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS, INDEX OF PERSONS AND ORGANIZATIONS, INDEX OF SUBJECTS