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Social mobility - Occupational snakes and ladders

Medium Periodical Article
Medium - part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Nov2005 (Volume) 15 (Number) 2
Medium (Periodical) Sociology Review.
Classif 301 SOC
Subject Sociology
Page 18 - 21
Authors Scott, John
Contents

In the game of snakes and ladders a run of good luck with the dice allows you to move rapidly across the board towards the winning post, but land on a snake and you are back to the bottom again. There is no skill involved: it's all a matter of luck and chance. Is this what real life is like?

Keywords
Education     Income     Social class     Stratification    


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