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Describe the concepts of social class and social mobility from at least two theoretical perspectives.
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Describe the concepts of social class and social mobility from at least two theoretical perspectives. According to Yeo and Lovell, it is important to make clear at the start that when sociologists use the term 'social class' (or 'class'), they are using it neutrally. There is no implication that middle-class people are 'better' than working-class people, or that upper-class people are 'better' than both. But, by using the term 'class' sociologists are recognising its importance. It is as probably important in Britain - especially England - as anywhere else in the world. We can distinguish between the class into which one is born (class of origin) and the class one ends up in (class of destination). For many they are the same. Others, however, through social mobility, move up or down the social class scale. Our class of origin is important because it significantly influences all our lives. However, while class...
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