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Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs

Pedigree • Princeton University Press • ISBN 9780691169279

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Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs

Pedigree • Princeton University Press • ISBN-13 9780691169279

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ISBN 9780691169279 • Completeness 48

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This groundbreaking investigation reveals how social class and institutional prestige, rather than pure merit, predominantly determine access to elite jobs for graduates of top universities.

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Publisher: Princeton University PressPages: 400

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Contributor: Pedigree

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Category: Career PathwaysCategory: Cultural Capital TheoryCategory: Elite UniversitiesCategory: Labor Market DynamicsCategory: Meritocracy CritiqueCategory: Social Mobility ResearchCategory: Social StratificationCategory: Sociology Of EducationCategory: Social Class

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