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What does social mobility mean?

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Noun
  1. (sociology) The degree to which, in a given society, an individual's, family's, or group's social status can change throughout the course of their life through a system of social hierarchy or stratification.
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Many Gaelic speakers died in the Great Famine of the 1840s, and Gaelic was replaced by English, which was needed to achieve social mobility.
One fairly crude estimation of social mobility can be arrived at by comparing social class of origin with that of destination.
The Swedes have a lavish welfare state married to a healthy economy and the best social mobility in the world.
All the evidence shows, that if you want to promote social mobility and equality of opportunity, you have to start early.
Capitalism, after all, is meant to be a fluid system allowing for social mobility.
The most egalitarian societies are also those with the highest level of social mobility.

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