Very interesting article. As a recent immigrant myself (I have moved between European countries) I'm always a bit shocked when people in my adopted country explain that they don't mean for the implications of their voting for right-wing political candidates to affect people like me. I point out that the policy changes are very real for me. ALL immigrants are affected.
Fascinating article. Many thanks for this and previous posts Tim. The idea of “moving out and moving up” will be very helpful to my local/global history investigation of
Saltaire. As well as helping me make sense of current trends it also helps me make sense of my own mobility. A working class lad from south London who has finished up retired in Extremadura, Spain, via Bradford, Yorkshire. Now working on developing a new sense of place with the benefit of your posts. Thanks.
Thank you Tim. Fascinating. Back in the early 70s I embarked on a postgraduate study of intragenerational social mobility - what were the factors that led peoples' changes of status in the first 20 years of their working lives. I interviewed a sample of 35-40 year old men in one town basically to examine what of a whole range of factors had led them to where they were at the time. Moves from elsewhere was one of the factors. Unfortunately I was unable to complete the study but I continue to be fascinated by how people make life-decisions and the place of social mobility in that. Thank you again for this essay.
Many thanks John. I appreciate you taking the time to respond. My own interest comes from my own moves that have benefitted my career in countless ways… but has made me kind of unrooted,
Very interesting article. As a recent immigrant myself (I have moved between European countries) I'm always a bit shocked when people in my adopted country explain that they don't mean for the implications of their voting for right-wing political candidates to affect people like me. I point out that the policy changes are very real for me. ALL immigrants are affected.
Fascinating article. Many thanks for this and previous posts Tim. The idea of “moving out and moving up” will be very helpful to my local/global history investigation of
Saltaire. As well as helping me make sense of current trends it also helps me make sense of my own mobility. A working class lad from south London who has finished up retired in Extremadura, Spain, via Bradford, Yorkshire. Now working on developing a new sense of place with the benefit of your posts. Thanks.
Thank you Tim. Fascinating. Back in the early 70s I embarked on a postgraduate study of intragenerational social mobility - what were the factors that led peoples' changes of status in the first 20 years of their working lives. I interviewed a sample of 35-40 year old men in one town basically to examine what of a whole range of factors had led them to where they were at the time. Moves from elsewhere was one of the factors. Unfortunately I was unable to complete the study but I continue to be fascinated by how people make life-decisions and the place of social mobility in that. Thank you again for this essay.
Many thanks John. I appreciate you taking the time to respond. My own interest comes from my own moves that have benefitted my career in countless ways… but has made me kind of unrooted,