Bake Off 2018 certainly packs a strong middle class punch…
While there’s a lovely ethnic and gender diversity shine on this year’s Great British Bake Off pie, the social class […]
Social class, wealth and income inequalities
Countries, Social class, wealth and income inequalities
Nevis: A Tax Haven Preventing Positive Globalization?
The Island of Nevis is the most secretive tax haven in the world. Nevis is a solitary volcano in the
400, 000 children in the UK do not have their own bed
400, 000 children live in such extreme poverty that their parents are unable to afford to buy them their own
On Sir David Attenborough and Boaty McBoatface: Reinforcing the Social Class Order?
I can’t help but analyse the launching of the Sir David Attenborough polar ship through a social class lens. The
Social class, wealth and income inequalities
Does Britain have a ‘class ceiling’?
A recent survey of 2000 people has revealed that half of working class people still believed they encountered a “class
Who is Poor in the UK?
22% of the UK population, or 13.9 million people live in poverty in the UK (2016). Poverty rates are higher for lone parent households (46%), disabled households (34), and rates also vary significantly by ethnicity (e.g. the Bangladeshi poverty rate = 50%).
UK Poverty Trends 1996 – 2017
How do we explain the long term decline in UK Poverty rate, and its more recent increase?
Social class, wealth and income inequalities
White Working Class Men
Professor Green’s fronted an excellent recent documentary on the lives of 6 white working class men for Channel Four, which
Social class, wealth and income inequalities
A Sociological Analysis of Cruise Ships
Venice is a city of 55.000 inhabitants, which is swamped on some days by more than 40, 000 cruise ship
Social class, wealth and income inequalities
Social Mobility: Start Poor, Stay Poor?
In July 2016 Theresa May gave a speech on the steps of Downing Street in which she proposed to build