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100	1		_aCLARK Stephen M.
700			_aPOLAY Dieu Hack
700			_aBAL P. Matthijs
245			_aSocial mobility and promotion of officers to senior ranks in the Royal Navy: _bmeritocracy or class ceiling?/ _cStephen M. Clark, Dieu Hack-Polay and P. Matthijs Bal
260			_c2022
520			_aThis article examines the extent to which socioeconomic background affects the chances of promotion to senior ranks within the Royal Navy and how the upwardly mobile often face a "class ceiling." The researchers collected quantitative data within the Royal Navy. The research found a disproportionate overrepresentation of officers from socioeconomically advantaged backgrounds, creating a homogenous upper echelon and self-selecting elite hierarchy. The authors argue for the systematic collection of socioeconomic background data and longitudinal analysis to focus efforts toward engendering the conditions for social mobility and the ability to quantitatively assess the impact of policy changes on future social mobility outcomes. The research contributes to understand contemporary social mobility issues and is the first quantitative analysis of Royal Navy officers' socioeconomic backgrounds. The research provides perspectives on which other Armed Forces (including the United States) that face diversity issues could reflect. The article repositions military issues in mainstream academic discourse.
650			_aROYAL NAVY _xSOCIAL MOBILITY _xMERITOCRACY _xINEQUALITY _xARMED FORCES
773			_aArmed Forces & Society: _gVol. 48, No. 1, January 2022, pp.92-114 (3)
598			_aSOCIAL, MILITARY
856			_uhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0095327X20905118 _zClick here for full text
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