Social Mobility, Community and Family: changes in opportunity for British children over recent years

The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission (www.gov.uk/smcpc) is inviting proposals for quantitative research into the changing relationship between social mobility, community and family circumstances. The question this research seeks to answer is: how have communities and families in Britain changed in ways that impact young people’s chances for social mobility? In this research we seek to build on the themes developed by Professor Robert Putnam in his recent book ‘Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis’. These themes are: • The way in which communities supported opportunity for poor young people in the 20th century, compared to today. For example, provision of extra-curricu…

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