Social Mobility
Definition of Social Mobility
The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Social Mobility: The movement of an individual or group from one class or social status to another. Usually, the point of reference is an individual’s class or status of social origin and social mobility occurs when later class or status positions differ from those of origin. Social mobility would be high where individuals have equal opportunity to achieve new statuses and low where there are inequalities of opportunity and processes of status ascription. See: DEMAND MOBILITY / OPEN CLASS IDEOLOGY in this legal dictionary and in the world encyclopedia of law.
Social Mobility: Resources
Notes and References
- Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept of) Social Mobility. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada
Definition of Social Mobility
The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Social Mobility: Upward or downward movement within a stratification system. Liberal theory claims that capitalist societies are open-class and therefore one can expect a high degree of social mobility. According to liberal theory this movement within a stratification system should result from a person’s achievements and should not be based on ascribed characteristics such as sex, race, region of birth, and parent’s class position. Social mobility is typically measured by comparing the status positions of adult children to that of their parents (intergenerational mobility), but it can be measured by comparing a person’s status position over their own lifetime (intragenerational mobility). Sociologists see social mobility as a useful way to measure equality of opportunity. See: DEMAND MOBILITY / EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY in this legal dictionary and in the world encyclopedia of law.
Social Mobility: Resources
Notes and References
- Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept of) Social Mobility. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada
Resources
Legal English Vocabulary: Social Mobility in Spanish
Online translation of the English legal term social mobility into Spanish: movilidad social (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.
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