Exploring Individual’s Explanations of Economic Mobility through the Gaze of Intersectionality

<p>This study looks at whether or not adopting intersectionality as a theoretical framework allows for a better understanding of individual’s explanations of economic mobility, rather than examining variables such as race, gender, and class as mutually exclusive from one another. The reason for this follows from the understanding that race, gender, and class can intersect to create unique views and opinions of the world and how it operates. Using the 2009 PEW Economic Mobility Survey as a secondary data source, I ran statistical regressions and interpreted the results.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Sociology (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Year dc:date.available

2017

Author dc:creator

• Broyles, Adam Alexander

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Zajicek, Anna M.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Morimoto, Shauna A.
• Yang, Song

• Social sciences
• Economic mobility
• Meritocracy
• Community-Based Research
• Economic Theory

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/1864

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.uark.edu:etd-3403