First published in English in 1981, Historical Research on Social Mobility treats a central area of social history: the history of social mobility. It provides a unique guide to the wide range of research in this area that is carried out by many spe...Loe edasi...
For the majority of us the opportunity to travel has never been greater, yet differences in mobility highlight inequalities that have wider social implications. Exploring how and why attitudes towards movement have evolved across generations, the ca...Loe edasi...
The book provides a scientific perspective to urban mobility and introduces multimodal mobility planning with a holistic approach. It provides new perspectives on the philosophy of shifting mobility to encounter underlying weakness of the current au...Loe edasi...
The widening of income and wealth inequality has become one of the most important obstacles on the road to Chinas common prosperity. In the context of inequality reduction and anti-poverty strategy in China, this book investigates the complex relati...Loe edasi...
This volume explores the experiences of a wide variety of middle-class or middling migrant groups across the globe, asking how relatively privileged migrant groups negotiate their life trajectories and aspirations while on the move and how they pote...Loe edasi...
Intergenerational income mobility is of great societal importance due to its relevance to equal socio-economic opportunity and future economic efficiency. In her book Dr Hou explores the potential role of education policy in reducing intergeneration...Loe edasi...
Social mobility, access to the professions, and the efficacy of professional associations in affecting the profession with which they are intertwined come together here in an exploration of access to the UK Bar....Loe edasi...
Brazilian Mobilities presents an overview of the diversity of Mobility studies developed in Brazil, it builds a picture of a strong Latin-American perspective emerging in the field of mobilities research, which provides unique insight into the compl...Loe edasi...
This book offers an in-depth investigation of the emergence and spread of social mobilizations that transcend ethnicity in societies violently divided along ethno-national lines. Using Bosnia Herzegovina as a case study, the book explores episodes o...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1976 The Rise of the Medical Profession combines a sociological and historical approach to the rise of the medical profession in England....Loe edasi...
This book examines how parents in rural China engage strategies to support their childrens education that are largely invisible in the discussion of parental participation. It provides insights into how rural parents envision their role with their c...Loe edasi...
Can sport serve as a vehicle for social mobility of disadvantaged social groups? How and to what extent are different forms of social capital created through sport participation? Ramón Spaaij takes up these questions through a critical examination o...Loe edasi...
This qualitative study explores the meaning of working-class origin in the life and career of university graduates. Matthys approaches social mobility as a trajectory of identity construction in which different classes are integrated, and uses the n...Loe edasi...
Based on original fieldwork on environmentalism in Iran, this study integrates sociological and historical analyses of social movements and civil society in contemporary Iran. By applying Western sociology to Iranian history and society this book co...Loe edasi...
The book concentrates on socially excluded minorities looking at why such groups remain among the poorest of the poor and focusing on US African Americans, Japans Burakumin, Afro-Cubans, the Dalits of India, and the Quechua and Aymara of Bolivia....Loe edasi...
