Not such humble origins? The British elite's thirst to tell an "upward story" of their success

Friedman, Sam ORCID: 0000-0003-0629-1761 and Reeves, Aaron ORCID: 0000-0001-9114-965X (2025) Not such humble origins? The British elite's thirst to tell an "upward story" of their success. LSE Inequalities (09 Apr 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

What story do the British elite tell of their own success? Sam Friedman and Aaron Reeves find that the topic of class background often proves to be uncomfortable, with interviewees downplaying aspects of their upbringing that might signal privilege. What’s behind this phenomenon – and has it always been this way?

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Sociology
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Date Deposited:	05 Jun 2025 11:03
Last Modified:	05 Jun 2025 11:03
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/128317

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