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Essay social mobility q explain to what extent social mobility is a feature of social class in the uk in the 21st century. Social mobility and class structure in modern britain john. Sociology after the mobilities turn routledge handbooks online. For the second edition of this classic study, john goldthorpe has updated and extended the original material to include an analysis of recent trends in intergenerational mobility, the class mobility of women, and views of social mobility in modern britain from a crossnational perspective.
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