The Class Ceiling

Published: Jan. 30, 2019, 4:48 p.m.

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The Class Ceiling: Why it pays to be privileged. Drawing on four in-depth case studies \\u2013 acting, accountancy, architecture and television \\u2013 Sam Friedman, Associate Professor in Sociology at the LSE, argues that the \\u2018class ceiling\\u2019 in the elite professions can only be partially attributed to conventional measures of \\u2018merit\\u2019. Instead, he suggests that more powerful drivers include the misrecognition of classed self-presentation as \\u2018talent\\u2019 and the affordances of the \\u2018Bank of Mum and Dad\\u2019. He's joined by Louise Ashley, Senior Lecturer in Organization Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London and Anna Williams, Director of Research, Advocacy and Communications at the Sutton Trust.

Producer: Jayne Egerton

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