RMF2010 Abstracts
Session: 42 - Wedneday 7th July PM (14.00 - 17.30)
Title: Methods for the analysis of social mobility
Name: Patrick Sturgis
Affiliation: NCRM Hub
Abstract Details
The level and determinants of social mobility have long concerned academic social scientists, particularly within sociology. However, recent years have witnessed a growing emphasis within political discourse on improving social mobility, with all the main parties in the UK arguing that increased social fluidity across and within generations is a key policy goal in 2010, the General Election year. This has sparked renewed interest across the social sciences in how social mobility might be measured and compared over time and across generations. This session will explore and evaluate the utility of different methodological approaches to the study of social mobility.
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