Social mobility: the politics, the reality, the alternative

Boliver, V.; Byrne, D.

Social mobility: the politics, the reality, the alternative

Boliver, V.; Byrne, D.

Authors

Professor Vikki Boliver vikki.boliver@durham.ac.uk
Professor

D. Byrne

Abstract

Social mobility – something we all think is wonderful, or do we? Certainly all the UK’s major political parties appear to be all for it, expressing concern about clear evidence that mobility between social classes in Britain has levelled off, and more contested evidence that there is now less mobility up and down the income ladder than there used to be. But what exactly do politicians and academics mean when they talk about social mobility? And is a more socially mobile society as achievable or even as desirable a goal as many seem to think?

Citation

Boliver, V., & Byrne, D. (2013). Social mobility: the politics, the reality, the alternative. Soundings, Winter 2013(55),

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Jan 1, 2013
Deposit Date	Mar 12, 2014
Publicly Available Date	Jul 23, 2014
Journal	Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture
Print ISSN	1362-6620
Publisher	Lawrence Wishart
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	Winter 2013
Issue	55
Publisher URL	http://www.lwbooks.co.uk/journals/soundings/issue/55.html