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MOBILITE SOCIALE ASCENDANTE [1 record]

Record 1 2012-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Organization
CONT

If, however, the move involves a change in social class, it is called “vertical mobility” and involves either “upward mobility” or “downward mobility.”

CONT

Societies always give merit and therefore higher status to particular abilities or attributes, so unless you own or obtain those attributes your social mobility will not be up. Upward social mobility has its own rewards but does not necessarily lead to personal happiness.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation sociale
CONT

La mobilité ascendante est considérablement favorisée par la possession d’un diplôme.

CONT

Pour les individus de milieu modeste (ouvrier, employé), les perspectives de mobilité sociale ascendante sont de plus en plus faibles.

Spanish

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