Compare and contrast circulation mobility and structural mobility
What will be an ideal response?
1. Circulation mobility. Some privileged members of the second generation might slip down the scale and thereby make room for others to climb up. In this instance, mobility is a “zero sum game” based on intergenerational turnover at or near the top. 2. Structural mobility. If technological and organizational changes occur in a way that creates jobs at a faster rate in the middle and upper levels of the occupational structure than in the lower levels, then some lower ranking sons and daughters will have the chance to climb into the new positions without displacing others--not a “zero sum game” this time, but a “win-win” situation. (Of course, change could also reduce opportunities to move up and force some people down.)
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What will be an ideal response
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