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Episode 94: Class and Career
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28 minutes
Released:
Oct 30, 2016
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Podcast episode
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In this show we look at how class can play out at work. Each of my guests works in a professional setting but both grew up in blue-collar households, and each has had trouble navigating the white-collar workplace and the attitudes of some of its workforce.
I also talk to Daniel Laurison, a sociology professor at Swarthmore. He co-authored a study on the 'class ceiling' in Britain. It showed that on average, people in high-status professions who began life in a working-class household earn less than their more privileged peers. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
I also talk to Daniel Laurison, a sociology professor at Swarthmore. He co-authored a study on the 'class ceiling' in Britain. It showed that on average, people in high-status professions who began life in a working-class household earn less than their more privileged peers. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Oct 30, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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