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Education and Social Mobility

by Kate Hoskins

Social mobility, great britainLevel of aspirationSocial mobilityStudent aspirationsSociety

This title examines government plans to improve upward mobility in England and considers the chances of success in the light of qualitative interviews with 88 school students. It suggests that governments consistently underestimate the resistances to mobility that are embedded in social and occupational structures.

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