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How inequality runs in families : unfair advantage and the limits of social mobility /
In the UK, as in other rich countries, the 'playing-field' is anything but level and the family plays a surprisingly crucial part in maintaining inequality. This book explores how seemingly mundane aspects of family life raise fundamental questions of social justice and calls for a rethink...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Policy Press,
2016.
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| Colección: | Policy Press shorts. Insights.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- HOW INEQUALITY RUNS IN FAMILIES; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 'Of course we do'; Outline of the book; 2. The family and social justice ; Families and individual rights; Privacy and autonomy; Gender roles; Justice and care; Children themselves; Parental partiality; Conclusion: the family in public; 3. Social mobility and class fate; Mobility stories; The shape of class fate; Is class fate education's fault?; Is class fate parents' fault?; Or is it just the money, stupid? ; Conclusion: mobility vs equality.
- 4. Unpacking equality of opportunityEquality of opportunity's ready appeal; Intergenerational inequality of opportunity ; Does 'equality of opportunity' actually mean two different things?; Two senses of meritocracy (and the trouble with both); Conclusion: equality vs mobility, again; 5. Towards real equality of life chances?; Talking life chances without talking redistribution, or the family; Unsharpening elbows: factoring the family back in; Conclusion: three modest suggestions ; 6. Seven conclusions; References; Index.