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Discuss social mobility in open and closed system.

  • UPSC 2022, 2008, 1989
  • Stratification and Mobility

The type of stratification decides the form mobility takes, not just how much of it there is. In a closed system rank is fixed at birth, so movement is exceptional, collective and needs justifying. In an open system rank is won, so movement is expected, individual and routine. Pitirim A. Sorokin (Social Mobility, 1927) named…

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  • Mobility in closed systems
  • Mobility in open systems
  • How the two differ
  • The two combine in India
  • Conclusion

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