Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- Acknowledgements
- Note on language usage
- Introduction
- one Getting in
- two Getting on
- three Untangling the class pay gap
- four Inside elite firms
- five The Bank of Mum and Dad
- six A helping hand
- seven Fitting in
- eight View from the top
- nine Self-elimination
- ten Class ceilings: A new approach to social mobility
- eleven Conclusion
- Epilogue: 10 ways to break the class ceiling
- Methodological appendix
- Notes
- References
- Index
Note on language usage
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 April 2023
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- Acknowledgements
- Note on language usage
- Introduction
- one Getting in
- two Getting on
- three Untangling the class pay gap
- four Inside elite firms
- five The Bank of Mum and Dad
- six A helping hand
- seven Fitting in
- eight View from the top
- nine Self-elimination
- ten Class ceilings: A new approach to social mobility
- eleven Conclusion
- Epilogue: 10 ways to break the class ceiling
- Methodological appendix
- Notes
- References
- Index
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- Type
- Chapter
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- The Class CeilingWhy It Pays to Be Privileged, pp. xiii - xivPublisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2019