Telling a modest story: Accounts of men's upward mobility from the National Child Development Study

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 418-441

  Miles, Andrew ^a   Savage, Mike ^b   Bühlmann, Felix ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Career narratives; Life stories; National Child Development Study; Qualitative data; Social class; Social mobility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NARRATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL MOBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052540222     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2011.01372.x     Document Type: Article

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