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Is social mobility possible in closed systems of stratification? Illustrate from research work.

  • UPSC 2018
  • Stratification and Mobility

Yes. A closed system forbids mobility in principle by fixing rank through birth, but fieldwork shows movement in practice. M. N. Srinivas called this the gap between the "book view" of caste and the "field view". The mobility found is mostly collective, slow and negotiated.

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