The Success Paradox
Why We Need a Holistic Theory of Social Mobility
- 220 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Social mobility needs a re-boot. The narrow, economistic way of measuring it favoured by politicians and academics is unsustainable and is contributing to rising inequality.
This timely book provides an alternative, original vision of social mobility and a route-map to achieving it. It examines how the term 'social mobility' structures what success means and the impact that has on society. Providing a new holistic approach that encompasses education, the economy and politics, Atherton recasts the relationship with employers, embracing radical opportunities provided by technology and rethinking what higher education means. He also goes beyond employment to incorporate progress in non-work areas of life.
Based on the need to improve well-being, not just income or occupation, the book addresses one of the key issues facing 21st century society in a new way and provides valuable insights for policymakers and academics.
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Table of contents
- Cover page
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- About the author
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- one: The need for a holistic theory of social mobility
- two: Social mobility: rising, falling or staying the same
- three: Unpicking the political consensus on social mobility
- four: Going beyond attainment
- five: Unbundling, diversification and the ecological university: new models for higher education
- six: The shape of the labour market: hourglass, diamond or molecule?
- seven: Social mobility, well-being and class
- eight: A new politics of social mobility
- nine: Reframing social mobility
- Bibliography