The Class Ceiling : Why It Pays to Be Privileged
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| Title: | The Class Ceiling : Why It Pays to Be Privileged |
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| Description: | Politicians continually tell us that anyone can get ahead. But is that really true? This important, best-selling 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. This is a rich, ambitious book that demands we take seriously not just the glass but also the class ceiling. |
| Authors: | Sam Friedman, Daniel Laurison |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Discrimination in employment--Great Britain, Social classes--Great Britain |
| Categories: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Politicians continually tell us that anyone can get ahead. But is that really true? This important, best-selling 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. This is a rich, ambitious book that demands we take seriously not just the glass but also the class ceiling. |
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| ISBN: | 9781447336068 9781447336075 |
