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Opening and Closing the Gates

Recent Developments in Male Social Mobility in Britain

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ID2643245
AuthorsGeoff Payne (0000-0002-0622-5388, corresponding author), Judy Roberts
Year2002
Volume6
Issue4
Pages1-13
Publication date2002-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Research Online (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5153/sro.664
OpenAlexW2044627941
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited10

Sociological understanding of social mobility in Britain has depended heavily on the 1972 Nuffield Mobility Study. In the virtual absence of more recent data, analysis has drawn on this single study with its reliance on cohorts of males as the indicator of changes in mobility. One of the central conclusions has been that relative mobility rates, the key marker of class inequalities, remain unchanged. A new analysis of data from recent British Election Surveys shows that these conclusions should not be empirically generalised to the last quarter of a century, and that British society has experienced both periods of greater ?openness? and 'closure'. Several conceptual reservations follow once the limitations of the 'Nuffield tradition' have been identified. In particular, a case is made for closer attention to labour market processes and rates of absolute mobility

Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · Inequality · Openness to experience · Political science · Positive economics · Social class · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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Unique citing works12
Citations per year0,52
Citation span2003 - 2022 (20)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 10
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