The Class Ceiling: Why It Pays to Be Privileged

Sam Friedman; Daniel Laurison

doi:10.46692/9781447336075

This important book takes readers behind the closed doors of elite employers to reveal how class affects who gets to the top. Drawing on two hundred interviews across four case studies - television, accountancy, architecture, and acting - it explores the complex barriers facing the upwardly mobile.

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Dedication
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Miscellaneous Frontmatter
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List of figures and tables
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Acknowledgements
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Note on language usage
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Introduction
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one - Getting in
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two - Getting on
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three - Untangling the class pay gap
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four - Inside elite firms
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five - The Bank of Mum and Dad
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six - A helping hand
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seven - Fitting in
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eight - View from the top
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nine - Self-elimination
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ten - Class ceilings: A new approach to social mobility
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eleven - Conclusion
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Epilogue: 10 ways to break the class ceiling
pp 229-238
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Methodological appendix
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Notes
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References
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Dedication
pp iii-iii

Miscellaneous Frontmatter
pp iv-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of figures and tables
pp vii-viii

Acknowledgements
pp ix-xii

Note on language usage
pp xiii-xiv

Introduction
pp 1-28

one - Getting in
pp 29-44

two - Getting on
pp 45-56

three - Untangling the class pay gap
pp 57-70

four - Inside elite firms
pp 71-86

five - The Bank of Mum and Dad
pp 87-108

six - A helping hand
pp 109-122

seven - Fitting in
pp 123-144

eight - View from the top
pp 145-170

nine - Self-elimination
pp 171-184

ten - Class ceilings: A new approach to social mobility
pp 185-208

eleven - Conclusion
pp 209-228

Epilogue: 10 ways to break the class ceiling
pp 229-238

Methodological appendix
pp 239-284

Notes
pp 285-320

References
pp 321-358

Index
pp 359-367

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