Social Mobility and Class Relations in Britain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5632399 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Trevor Noble (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 422 |
| Publication date | 1972-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1315 • E-ISSN: 1468-4446 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/588322 |
| OpenAlex | W2327364749 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Trends in social mobility in the U.S.A. suggest that upward mobility has been increasing while downward mobility has been decreasing. In the ten years 1952-62, Blau and Duncan note, 'an increasing proportion from manual origins moved up into white-collar positions, yet there was no compensatory increase in downward mobility from white-collar origins; on the contrary, increasing proportions of those originating at this level remained there'.1 In Britain the way in which the post-war expansion of secondary and higher education seem to have benefited middle-class as much as working-class children would lead one to expect a similar pattern of change in social mobility rates here.2 The questions arise firstly, as to whether this expectation can be confirmed for Britain by direct evidence; and secondly, what the implications of such changes for the structure of society might be
Class (philosophy · Economic geography · Geography · Political science · Social class · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Law · Rural development and sustainability · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1974 - 2023 (50) |
| Highly cited | No |