Has Opportunity Declined in America? [electronic resource] : Discussion Papers #437-77 / David L. Featherman.

The American philosophy of social mobility has traditionally focused upon equal opportunity to succeed rather than the actual equality of socioeconomic status from the outset. Two replicate studies of social mobility in the U.S. undertaken in the early sixties and seventies enable social scientists...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Featherman, David L.
Corporate Author:	University of Wisconsin--Madison. Institute for Research on Poverty
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1977.
Subjects:	Black Achievement. Blacks. Comparative Analysis. Economic Opportunities. Educational Opportunities. Employment Opportunities. Equal Opportunities (Jobs) Males. Social Mobility. Socioeconomic Status. Statistical Data. Whites.