TYPES OF SOCIAL MOBILITY

Upward Mobility Refers to the movement of individuals or groups from lower to higher status in a social stratification system Also called vertical mobility which can operate intergenerationally

Refers to the movement of individuals or groups from lower to higher status in a social stratification system

Also called vertical mobility which can operate intergenerationally

Factors affecting upward mobility Policy and practice of migration Differential fertility of social classes Presence or absence of individual competition Availability of opportunities to prepare one’s self for competitive process as a secondary factor ( education first ) Patterns of equality and inequality in a society

Policy and practice of migration

Differential fertility of social classes

Presence or absence of individual competition

Availability of opportunities to prepare one’s self for competitive process as a secondary factor ( education first )

Patterns of equality and inequality in a society

Downward Mobility also results in a change in social status ( basically the opposite of the former)

also results in a change in social status ( basically the opposite of the former)

Horizontal Mobility A movement that involves a change in a status with no corresponding change in social class

A movement that involves a change in a status with no corresponding change in social class

Geographical Migration Known to sociologists as PHYSICAL MOBILITY It is the movement of people from one geographical spot to another, and it is a phenomenon of increasing in modern society

Known to sociologists as PHYSICAL MOBILITY

It is the movement of people from one geographical spot to another, and it is a phenomenon of increasing in modern society

Physical Mobility includes Forced relocation of large groups of people Eviction Dispossession of unwanted people Voluntary permanent migration

Forced relocation of large groups of people

Eviction

Dispossession of unwanted people

Voluntary permanent migration

Reasons for voluntary migration Economic factor Political reason Religious liberty Educational opportunities Natural calamities

Economic factor

Political reason

Religious liberty

Educational opportunities

Natural calamities

Forced Migration Expulsion of unwanted people Herding of people into reservation area/concentration camp Transportation of enslaved individuals

Expulsion of unwanted people

Herding of people into reservation area/concentration camp

Transportation of enslaved individuals

Effects of Migration Diffusion of cultures Biological mixture Urbanization of culture

Diffusion of cultures

Biological mixture

Urbanization of culture

Factors Affecting Social Mobility Hard work Social structure Societal values and norms Level of education Marriage Luck

Hard work

Social structure

Societal values and norms

Level of education

Marriage

Luck

POINTERS Test I- puzzle Migration Marriage Stereotype Inequality Mobility Upper class Underclass Forced migration Horizontal Migration Voluntary Migration Social stratification Social comparisons Lower class Working class Vertical mobility/upward mobility

Test I- puzzle

Migration

Marriage

Stereotype

Inequality

Mobility

Upper class

Underclass

Forced migration

Horizontal Migration

Voluntary Migration

Social stratification

Social comparisons

Lower class

Working class

Vertical mobility/upward mobility

Test II. Multiple choice Groups and bureaucracy Gender stratification Test III. Essay -Migration -Socialization -Gender stratification

Test II. Multiple choice

Groups and bureaucracy

Gender stratification

Test III. Essay

-Migration

-Socialization

-Gender stratification