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How Inequality Runs in Families : Unfair Advantage and the Limits of Social Mobility /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Calder, Gideon (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: ProQuest (Firm)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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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.