But it is also a response to coalition government, which has diminished opportunities for preferment among the governing Tories.
By focusing on high levels of in-work poverty and diminished opportunities for those from poorer backgrounds, Cameron has shown new depths to his "one nation" vision.
It is a system of social oppression and diminished opportunities for transpeople that has been employed by capitalism in the US to crush our dreams and our collective spirit.
This makes perfect economic sense, but it adds to the core challenge of the U.S. economy: there are increasing opportunities for people with the kinds of education and skill that lead to new ideas, but there are diminished opportunities for those who turn those ideas into physical products.
Resistance to a focus on content knowledge has come from Adams, Alexander, Drummond and Moyles (2004) and Moyles, Adams, and Musgrove (2002), who have claimed such a focus has reduced opportunities for children to develop independence and be spontaneous in their learning; and diminished opportunities for children's free choice, play-based activities and first-hand experiences.
The president has identified a real problem: diminished opportunities for social mobility.
In the early 1930s, the Great Depression diminished opportunities for Prokofiev's ballets and operas to be staged in America and western Europe.
Diminished opportunities for social advancement not only for themselves, but their children as promises of the fabled American Dream start to fade for too many.
They are more likely to be doomed to poverty, low level work, poor educational attainment, higher risks of illness, and diminished opportunities – for themselves and their children.
Job automation technology, together with globalization, has been the primary force behind the stagnant wages and diminished opportunities for less educated workers we've seen in recent years.
