{"product_id":"the-educated-underclass-students-and-the-false-promise-of-social-mobility-9780745339221","title":"The Educated Underclass: Students and the False Promise of Social Mobility","description":"The dream of social mobility is dying. Where previous generations routinely expected to surpass their parents' level of economic success, prospects for today's young people are increasingly bleak. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Educated Underclass\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the structural problems that are helping to create this problem. Gary Roth shows how universities--touted as the best way up the economic ladder for young people--actually reproduce traditional class hierarchies. And as more graduates emerge every year into economies that are no longer creating a steady stream of stable jobs, the odds of landing one decrease--and over-educated people end up scrapping for poorly compensated positions for which they're overqualified. A broadside against the failures of our education system and our economy, \u003ci\u003eThe Educated Underclass\u003c\/i\u003e aims to startle us out of our complacency, and wake us up to action. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Roth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745339221\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Roth\u003c\/b\u003e is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Rutgers University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMarxism in a Lost Century: A Biography of Paul Mattick\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40387203432563,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":35.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_ef894c0c-28a4-4766-ba47-7056341aa588.jpg?v=1661522296","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-educated-underclass-students-and-the-false-promise-of-social-mobility-9780745339221","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}