class ceiling - Why it pays to be privileged Friedman SamPevná vazba
class ceiling - Why it pays to be privileged Friedman SamPevná vazba Politicians continually tell us that anyone can get ahead. This important, best-selling book takes readers behind the closed doors…
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class ceiling - Why it pays to be privileged Friedman SamPevná vazba
Politicians continually tell us that anyone can get ahead. This important, best-selling book takes readers behind the closed doors of elite employers to reveal how class affects who gets to the top. But is that really true?
Even when those from working-class backgrounds make it into prestigious jobs, they earn, on average, 16% less than colleagues from privileged backgrounds. Friedman and Laurison show that a powerful 'class pay gap' exists in Britain's elite occupations. 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