Sponsored Mobility

Definition of Sponsored Mobility

The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Sponsored Mobility: A British term, contrasted with contest mobility, to refer to a method of identifying people at an early age for social advancement and sponsoring, or supporting, them as they prepare for their rise to the top and then guaranteeing them a comfortable position. Similarly, those not so identified are not supported or given opportunity and thus are destined for positions at the bottom of the class structure. See: SOCIAL MOBILITY in this legal dictionary and in the world encyclopedia of law.

Sponsored Mobility: Resources

Notes and References

• Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept of) Sponsored Mobility. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada