social mobility

(noun)

the degree to which, in a given society, an individual's, family's, or group's social status can change throughout the course of their life through a system of social hierarchy or stratification

Related Terms

  • Intergenerational Mobility
  • meritocratic
  • Relative Social Mobility

Examples of social mobility in the following topics:

  • Social Mobility

    • Social mobility is the extent to which individuals can move between social positions, either in their lifetime or between generations.
    • Historical events can thus alter the extent of social mobility seen in countries.
    • Social mobility refers to the movement of individuals or groups in social position over time.
    • Most commonly, social mobility refers to the change in wealth and social status of individuals or families.
    • Social mobility can be enabled to varying extents by economic capital, cultural capital, human capital, and social capital.
  • Types of Social Mobility

    • Social mobility can be vertical and horizontal, absolute and relative, and between generations.
    • Vertical social mobility refers to moving up or down the so-called social ladder.
    • Social mobility refers to the movement of individuals or groups in social position over time.
    • Most commonly, social mobility refers to the change in wealth and social status of individuals or families.
    • Social mobility can be enabled to varying extents by economic capital, cultural capital, human capital, and social capital.
  • Social Mobility

    • Social mobility is the movement of an individual or group from one social position to another over time.
    • Social mobility refers to the movement of individuals or groups in social positions over time.
    • Most commonly, social mobility refers to the change in wealth and social status of individuals or families.
    • Nonetheless, social mobility can also refer to horizontal mobility, movement from one position to another within the same social level, as when someone changes between two equally prestigious occupations.
    • Social mobility can be enabled to varying extents by economic capital, cultural capital, human capital, and social capital.
  • Social Mobility in the U.S.

    • Strong social and economic mobility is considered part of American Dream, though there is relatively low social mobility in the U.S.
    • Socioeconomic mobility in the United States refers to the movement of Americans from one social class or economic level to another, often by changing jobs or marrying.
    • Researchers have found that in fact, there is relatively low social mobility in the United States.
    • In the United States, white males have greater social mobility than women and racial/ethnic minorities, whose mobility is limited by the glass ceiling.
    • Explain how the "glass ceiling" and other factors lower social mobility in the United States
  • Open vs. Closed Stratification Systems

    • Though the extent to which individuals have social mobility in the United States is debated, new members of the elite are evidence that there is some mobility between classes.
    • These types of class systems are achievement-based economic system with social mobility and relations between classes.
    • A society in which traditional or religious caste systems dominate, opportunity for social mobility is unlikely.
    • An open system describes a society with mobility between different social classes.
    • Social mobility is much more frequent in countries that use achievement as the basis for status.
  • Resource Mobilization Approach

    • The resource-mobilization approach is a theory that seeks to explain the emergence of social movements.
    • Resource-Mobilization Theory emphasizes the importance of resources in social movement development and success.
    • The theory argues that social movements develop when individuals with grievances are able to mobilize sufficient resources to take action.
    • Resource mobilization theory also divides social movements according to their position among other social movements.
    • Resource-Mobilization Theory emphasizes the importance of resources in social movement development and success.
  • Sources of Social Change

    • Social movement theories seek to explain how social movements form and develop.
    • Deprivation theory and resource-mobilization have been discussed in detail in this chapter's section entitled "Social Movements. "
    • Mobilization occurs when people work together in order to enact social change, such as meeting with government officials in order to change a law or policy.
    • Culture theory brings this notion of injustice to the forefront of movement creation, arguing that in order for social movements to successfully mobilize individuals, they must develop an injustice frame.
    • Analyze the similarities and differences in the various social movement theories - deprivation, mass-society, structural-strain, resource-mobilization, political process and culture
  • Introduction

    • Social movements are any broad social alliances of people who are connected through their shared interest in blocking or affecting social change.
    • Social movements do not have to be formally organized.
    • A distinction is drawn between social movements and social movement organizations (SMOs).
    • A social movement organization is a formally organized component of a social movement.
    • Modern social movements became possible through the wider dissemination of literature and increased mobility of labor due to the industrialization of societies.
  • External Sources of Social Change

    • Basically, social change comes from two sources.
    • There are many theories of social change.
    • Political Process Theory is similar to resource mobilization theory (which considers the mobilization of resources to be the key ingredient of a successful movement) in many regards, and emphasizes political opportunities as the social structure that is important for social movement development.
    • "Organizational strength" falls in line with resource-mobilization theory, arguing that in order for a social movement to organize it must have strong leadership and sufficient resources.
    • Some groups may have the insurgent consciousness and resources to mobilize, but because political opportunities are closed, they will not have any success.
  • Social Movements

    • Social movements can advocate for a particular social change, but they can also organize to oppose a social change that is being advocated by another entity.
    • Sociologists draw distinctions between social movements and social movement organizations (SMOs).
    • A social movement organization is a formally organized component of a social movement.
    • Modern social movements became possible through the wide dissemination of literature and the increased mobility of labor, both of which have been caused by the industrialization of societies.
    • Discover the difference between social movements and social movement organizations, as well as the four areas social movements operate within
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