In The Class Ceiling, authors Sam Friedman and Daniel Laurison deftly dismantle popular
(and often highly politicized) myths about inequality and meritocracy in the UK. First, and …

How do elites signal their superior social position via the consumption of culture? We
address this question by drawing on 120 years of “recreations” data (N= 71,393) contained …

In most contemporary societies, people underestimate the extent of economic inequality,
resulting in lower support for taxation and redistribution than might be expressed by better …

This report presents the most systematic study of whether elites in the UK are pulling away,
not just economically but also socially, in terms of their attitudes and cultural distinctiveness …

There is increasing emphasis on understanding economic advantage alongside
disadvantage–on studying both 'poverty'and 'riches'. This trend prompts and requires new …

In the literatures on the lived experience of poverty and richness temporal dimensions are
underappreciated. Comparing qualitative interviews with those at opposite ends of the …

Society of Anglo-Saxonists), unless, perhaps, someone were to attempt to write a bodice-
ripper set in Hrothgar's court. However, in recent years, the two associations have gone …

This thesis takes a multi-method approach to consider the distribution of wealth in the UK
from a policy perspective. I present my findings in two parts. In the first part I use data from …