Social mobility (Sociology)

1. Topic -III UNIT -II

2. Social Mobility Change in social status Characteristics of industrial or urban society

3. Definition Social mobility refers to movements up and down in social status ( H a rtone and Hunt) Social status – any change in social position.

4. Characteristics Related to status of a person Change in status of a person Change – upward, downward, parallel Mobility found in urban, industrial societies

5. Sorokin: Horizontal Social Mobility Vertical social mobility Horizontal mobility Movement on the same social level Vertical social mobility Movement -upwards and downwards Types of Social Mobility

6. Intra Religious Mobility Inter State Mobility Inter Occupational Mobility Ascending Descending Types of Horizontal Social Mobility Types of Vertical Social Mobility

7. Change in status and role- leads to change in class position Army Religious institutions Schools Political institutions Wealth making organization family Meaning of Vertical Mobility Sources of Vertical Social Mobility - Sorokin

8. Inter generational occupational mobility Change in occupation within one’s lifetime Intergenerational occupational mobility Descending adoption of a profession by next generation. Social Mobility – Two Types – Lipset Bondix

9. Productive Mobility Migratory Mobility Technical Mobility Division into Three Types – J.H. Kohl

10. Helps in changing racial structure Change in human behavior and psychology Effects in cooperation, competition, integration, social organization Impact on various areas - Educational, Political, social, economic, industrial etc., Merits of Social Mobility - Sorokin