Education and Social Mobility : Dreams of Success

This book provides a powerful analysis of social mobility and the role of education in closing the gap. Young people's rich narratives of their educational experiences--and their dreams and aspirations--vividly unfold in a series of accounts that are beautifully crafted to reveal a sociological imagination missing in mainstream social mobility research. We are made aware of the emptiness of government and policy rhetoric, and the importance of family, communities, and wider socio-economic influences in understandings of social mobility.