Description:
This book presents critical analyses of routes into social mobility, the experience of social mobility, and the political and social implications of social mobility's 'panacea' status.
Review Quotes:
One of the key strengths of the book is its discussions of mobility experiences of typically under-researched groups and of mobility in differing contexts. Mallman's chapter documents habitus development of working-class families in Melbourne, Australia; Gardner, Morrin, and Payne's chapter explores care-leavers' adaptable habitus in relation to their higher education experiences; Sohl focuses on the racialised and classed experiences of mobility in newly neoliberal Sweden, while Giazitzoglu provides insights into the mobility experiences of self-employed childless men. This widens the scope and appeal of the book to a variety of audiences both in and outside of the United Kingdom.
- Louise Folkes, Cardiff University, UK, Sociological Research Online