Examples of structural mobility in the following topics:
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- Though the extent to which individuals have social mobility in the United States is debated, new members of the elite are evidence that there is some mobility between classes.
- The difference between these types of class systems are their structural mobility.
- In a class system that has high structural mobility, it's easy to move around between social classes based on the way the society is structured, regardless of your individual achievements.
- An open system describes a society with mobility between different social classes.
- These categories were discrete, and there was little interaction or mobility between them.
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- Some of the better-known approaches include deprivation theory, mass-society theory, structural-strain theory, resource-mobilization theory, political process theory and culture theory.
- Here is a case in point to illustrate the example of structural-strain theory.
- Structural conduciveness would occur when a group of people become disgruntled by a change in society.
- Structural strain is when these people feel a sense of displeasure due to the change, such as being upset or angry.
- Analyze the similarities and differences in the various social movement theories - deprivation, mass-society, structural-strain, resource-mobilization, political process and culture
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- The resource-mobilization approach is a theory that seeks to explain the emergence of social movements.
- Resource-Mobilization Theory emphasizes the importance of resources in social movement development and success.
- Resource mobilization theory also divides social movements according to their position among other social movements.
- movements develop in contingent opportunity structures, which are external factors that may either limit or bolster the movement, that influence their efforts to mobilize.
- Examples of opportunity structures may include elements, such as the influence of the state, a movement's access to political institutions, etc.
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- Sociologists take two opposing approaches to explaining economic stratification: structural-functionalism and conflict theory.
- Two classic sociological approaches to poverty and social stratification are structural-functionalism and conflict theory.
- The conflict-theory approach offers a critique of structural-functionalism.
- Conflict theorists believe that this competitive system, together with structural barriers to upward mobility ends up creating and perpetuating stratification systems.
- Meanwhile, structural-functionalists rebut that people do not always act solely out of economic self-interest.
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- structural conduciveness - people come to believe their society has problems
- mobilization - this is the actual organizing and active component of the movement; people do what needs to be done
- Resource-Mobilization Theory emphasizes the importance of resources in social movement development and success.
- movements develop in contingent opportunity structures that influence their efforts to mobilize; as each movement's response to the opportunity structures depends on the movement's organization and resources, there is no clear pattern of movement development nor are specific movement techniques or methods universal
- Political Process Theory is similar to resource mobilization in many regards, but tends to emphasize a different component of social structure that is important for social movement development: political opportunities.
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- The traditional focuses of sociology have included social stratification, social class, culture, social mobility, religion, secularization, law, and deviance.
- As all spheres of human activity are affected by the interplay between social structure and individual agency, sociology has gradually expanded to focus on more diverse subjects such as health, medical, military and penal institutions, the Internet, and the role of social activity in the development of scientific knowledge.
- These include new institutionalism, social networks, social identity, social and cultural capital, toolkit and cognitive theories of culture, and resource mobilization.
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- Generally, a theory of change should include elements such as structural aspects of change (like population shifts), processes and mechanisms of social change, and directions of change.
- Political Process Theory is similar to resource mobilization theory (which considers the mobilization of resources to be the key ingredient of a successful movement) in many regards, and emphasizes political opportunities as the social structure that is important for social movement development.
- "Organizational strength" falls in line with resource-mobilization theory, arguing that in order for a social movement to organize it must have strong leadership and sufficient resources.
- Some groups may have the insurgent consciousness and resources to mobilize, but because political opportunities are closed, they will not have any success.
- Critics of the political process theory and resource-mobilization theory point out that neither theory discusses the culture of movements to any great degree.
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- Social mobility can be vertical and horizontal, absolute and relative, and between generations.
- Vertical social mobility refers to moving up or down the so-called social ladder.
- The British middle class thus experienced absolute upward mobility.
- Social mobility refers to the movement of individuals or groups in social position over time.
- Social mobility typically refers to vertical mobility, which is the movement of individuals or groups up or down from one socioeconomic level to another, often by changing jobs or through marriage.
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- Historical events can thus alter the extent of social mobility seen in countries.
- Social mobility refers to the movement of individuals or groups in social position over time.
- Social mobility typically refers to vertical mobility—movement of individuals or groups up or down from one socio-economic level to another, often by changing jobs or marriage.
- Nonetheless, social mobility can also refer to horizontal mobility—movement from one position to another within the same social level, as when someone changes between two equally prestigious occupations.
- Several studies have been conducted to compare social mobility between countries.
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- Social mobility is the movement of an individual or group from one social position to another over time.
- Social mobility refers to the movement of individuals or groups in social positions over time.
- Social mobility typically refers to vertical mobility, movement of individuals or groups up or down from one socio-economic level to another, often by changing jobs or marriage.
- Nonetheless, social mobility can also refer to horizontal mobility, movement from one position to another within the same social level, as when someone changes between two equally prestigious occupations.
- Societies present different opportunities for mobility depending on their systems of value.