The Birth Lottery of History | LSE Festival
We discuss the implications for thinking about how historical context and social change affects your life chances.
We discuss the implications for thinking about how historical context and social change affects your life chances.
Thursday 15 June 2023 | 1 hour 2 minutes 13 seconds
Does when you are born shape your life chances? A leading sociologist discusses his ground-breaking study of criminal justice that shows that when you come of age matters as much (and perhaps more than) who you are in determining whether you get arrested.