Define social mobility and structural mobility. Describe the relationship between individual and structural social mobility, and provide examples of each
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
1. Social mobility means movement from one class to another.
2. Individual social mobility describes a person moving from one class to another, while structural mobility describes the populations of whole societies changing their economic fortunes all together.
3. Individual social mobility is rare; while researchers find a great deal of mobility within classes, movement between classes is uncommon. Individual mobility is impacted by structural mobility as individuals are caught up in wider changes.
3. Examples will vary, but should show how each forms of social mobility is possible.
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