SOCL 2001 Chapter : 20-Mar
Document Summary
Basic distinction based on how open or closed are the boundaries. Open versus closed systems between strata: how east to get from one to the other. Ascribed status- social position determined by birth (can"t be changed: examples: gender, class, case system such as india, closed system. Achieved status- social position determined by behavior. Horizontal if one stays at the same level : getting a new job, but within the same level. Vertical if from one level to another (shift to managerial position. Intergenerational= between generations (father was a factory worker, son becomes a businessman) Intergenerational or intragenerational (within your generation: is job change within or between generations, inter- do better than your family; intra- you do better than yourself. This is our basic interest for policy purposes. How will your children do relative to you: intergenerational upward mobility. Does how you start determine how you end: intragenerational upward mobility. Good societies have mobility both within and between generations.
