Synopsis
Exploration of issues of social class and education. Whether a public school education provides a head start in politics and increases the chance of becoming the next prime minister.
- Programme: Posh And Posher: Why Public School Boys Run Britain
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Sociology | What is identity? | Aspects of identity and the associated cultural characteristics: ethnicity, gender (including non-binary and trans identity), social class, sexuality, age, disability, fluid identities.
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