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Mobility is the characteristic of every social system.

Social mobility is the

movement of individuals, families and groups from one

social position to

another. It may be studied in terms of redistribution

of resources and power

among the different social strata and its effect on

the people involved. In the

status societies the social status of the person is

determined from his work.

Social mobility occurs whenever people move across

social class boundaries, from

one ⌠occupational level to another. The study of

Social Mobility is important

for a number of reasons: -

1. It matters to people to get on in life,

2. We can study people's life histories,

3. We can see changes in the class system,

4. The more mobile a society is may show it to be more

open and fairer,

5. Mobility affects the way classes are formed, their

size and shape.



A common sense notion regarding class in the U.S can

be represented as a few

rich people on the top, few poor people at the......

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