2 Constitution & Welfare of Weaker Sections · 2.1 Social stratification and caste
2.1.2 Social mobility: types, channels and studies
Social mobility is the movement of individuals or groups from one social position to another; Sorokin classified it as horizontal or vertical, and in India it runs through both individual channels (education, jobs, migration) and group routes (Sanskritisation, caste politics, reservation).
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Key terms
- social mobility
- Pitirim Sorokin
- horizontal mobility
- vertical mobility
- intergenerational
- intragenerational
- structural mobility
- sponsored and contest mobility
- Ralph Turner
- Lipset and Bendix
- Blau and Duncan
- circulation of elites
- Pareto
- Sanskritisation
- group mobility
- reservation
- creamy layer
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