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Jobs for the Boys

Jobs for the Boys

FromThinking Allowed


Jobs for the Boys

FromThinking Allowed

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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Aug 1, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

'Jobs for the Boys?' New research presented at the British Sociological Association's 2012 conference claimed that middle class people hoard job opportunities in the UK TV and film industry. In a pre- recorded interview from the conference, Professor Irena Grugulis, suggests to Laurie Taylor that working class people don't get these jobs because they don't have the right accents, clothes, backgrounds or friends. Indeed, it's hard to find an area of the economy where connections and contacts are more significant. But is this mainly due to structural changes in the industry rather than to class based prejudice? The media expert, Sir Peter Bazalgette and Professor of Sociology, Mike Savage, respond to this research and explore nepotism, networking and discrimination in the media world and beyond.Producer: Jayne Egerton.
Released:
Aug 1, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

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