Social mobility and it's type

Definition of social mobility
types of social mobility
examples of social mobility
Contemporary India and Education

1. CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF HARYANA PRESENTATION ON TOPIC – SOCIAL MOBILITY & IT’S TYPES COURSE TITLE – CONTEMPORARY INDIA AND EDUCATION COURSE CODE – SOE 02 01 02 C3104 PRESENTED BY :- PRESENTED TO :- NAME :- ASHUTOSH JENA ROLL NO :- 200080 SECTION :- A SESSION :- 2020-22 SCHOOL OF EDUCATION DR. MANJU ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SCHOOL OF EDUCATION 1

2. SOCIAL MOBILITY AND IT’S TYPES 2

3. Social mobility means a person occupying a special position in society will move to another position or status. MEANING 3

4. DEFINITIONS SOROKIN :- “There is no society which is closed (caste system of India) and which is completely open (class system). No two societies are exactly same in the amount of movement allowed or discouraged. The speed of movement is different from one period of time to another. The speed depends on the modernization of the society”. BARBER :- “Social mobility refers to movement either upward or downward between higher or lower social classes”. 4

5. TYPES OF SOCIAL MOBILITY It is of 5 types :- Horizontal Mobility Vertical Mobility a. Upward mobility b. Downward mobility Inter – generational Mobility Intra – generational Mobility Occupational Mobility 5

6. 1. HORIZONTAL MOBILITY This is when a person changes his occupation but overall social status remains the same. 6

7. 2. VERTICAL MOBILITY Here with the change in occupation the change in social status ocurs . a. Upward mobility b. Downward mobility A person when moves from lower social position to higher one. When a person goes on upward mobility he leaves many things behind. He tries to adopt appropriating behaviours according to his status. A person when moves from higher social position to lower one. It is very stressful. People find tough to adopt the sudden declination in their social position. 7

8. a. Upward mobility 8

9. b. Downward mobility 9

10. 3. Inter – generational Mobility It is occurred when social position changes from one generation to another. 10

11. 4. Intra – generational Mobility It is occurred during the life span of a single generation. It can be the change in position between siblings. 11

12. 5. Occupational Mobility It is when the change in occupation if followed by change in social position. Vertical upward occupational mobility Vertical downward occupational mobility 12

13. CONCLUSION Mobility is found in a temporal sense i.e in a period of time. It cann’t be thought in the absence of time. All the previously mentioned types are comprehensive and don’t include any other mobility types. 13

14. REFERENCES https://www.britannica.com/topic/social-mobility https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/knowledge/other/social-mobility/ https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-sociology/chapter/social-mobility/ https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-guides/sociology/social-and-global-stratification/social-mobility 14

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