Social Mobility and Social Class in Ireland - Softcover

Breen, Richard; Whelan, Christopher T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0717120554 ISBN 13: 9780717120550

Verlag: Gill & Macmillan Ltd, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

Based on original research by the Economic and Social Research Institute, the authors show that class barriers in Ireland are substantially more rigid than in other countries. They go on to argue that the introduction of free education has not reduced educational inequalities. Rather than observing a movement towards equality of opportunity, research has shown a continued capacity of those in privileged positions to maintain their relative advantages against the encroachment of outsiders. The findings set out in this book provide compelling evidence of the continuing significance in Ireland of class differences in income, standards of living, poverty, economic stress and physical and mental health. Other books by Christopher T. Whelan include "Values and Social Changes in Ireland".

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Richard Breen is Professor of Sociology at Queen's University at Belfast. Christopher T. Whelan is Research Professor at the Economic and Social Research Institute in Dublin.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0717120554
• ISBN 13: 9780717120550
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 199
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