The Declaration of Independence states that all people are endowed with certain unalienable rights, and that among these is the pursuit of happiness. But is happiness available equally to everyone in America today? How about elsewhere in the world? Carol Graham draws on cutting edge research...

Mobility in/for Europe -- The optimistic 90s -- The turn of the century -- Doing mobile ethnography -- On the road in Europe -- A country on wheels -- Belonging to the road -- Speed and smoothness -- Questioning Euro-mobility -- When did mobility turn into europeanness? -- Requiem for a mobile...

"Economic research on the efficient allocation of resources has a long history. Increasingly, attention has turned to inequality in the distribution of personal resources and outcomes, and whether individuals or children are locked in their respective places in this distribution or whether...

Preface -- Introduction: of ruling classes and underclasses : the laws of social mobility -- Social mobility by time and place -- Sweden : mobility achieved? -- The United States : land of opportunity -- Medieval England : mobility in the feudal age -- Modern England : the deep roots of the...

Die Möglichkeit des sozialen Aufstiegs war eines der zentralen Versprechen der "alten" BRD - und tatsächlich wurde es meistens eingelöst: Aus dem Käfer wurde ein Audi, aus Facharbeiterkindern Akademiker. Mittlerweile ist der gesellschaftliche Fahrstuhl stecken geblieben: Uniabschlüsse...