Is it easy to change one's social class in the US Why?
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| The weight of the evidence seems to support the point of view that some relationship exists but that it is modest and usually in the region of .26 or .3-.35.1 However, most agree that "social class" as such is too crude a variable for explaining differences in achievement associated with one's social background, and that it is necessary to identify the particular aspect of "class" which influences achievement.2 Certainly social class as a phenomenon has very little explanatory power, and in the more affluent countries it cannot signify purely economic differentiation. | |
25 Citations | The article argues that without radical policies that fundamentally change the relationship between social class and pre-HE qualifications, significant progress in widening participation is unlikely. |
27 Citations | These findings suggest that the declining salience of social class for electoral outcomes better reflects changes in class structure and party platforms rather than a lessening of importance of social class as a social identity. |
| It is concluded that social class still has considerable impact. | |
| We find that the rise of the class of social-cultural specialists is important for understanding changes in the class–vote relationship. | |
| Finally, the criteria that respondents selected as important in defining the social class with which they identify suggest that class is at least as much a social as an economic phenomenon in the United States. | |
| But if class matters as much as we now think it does we need to know how it is changing and how we can help change it for the better. | |
| The findings demonstrate that both one’s own social class and their class origin influence class identification. | |
8 Citations | Level of education is a good indicator of social class. |