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To what extent has social mobility become more common in Britain during the last fifty years?
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To what extent has social mobility become more common in Britain during the last fifty years? Some sociologists have argued that social mobility has become more mobile over the last fifty years, and that there is a lot of movement up and down the class system. However this view is not shared by all sociologists, as some would argue that Britain is more of a "closed" society than an "open" one. Different sociologists have opposing views on social class. All agree that it is an important aspect of society, but there is a disagreement as to the extent of how "open" or "closed" society has become. Social class has been defined in various ways by different groups of sociologists. The Marxists argue that in a capitalist society people are divided into two social classes. They believe that membership of these classes was determined by economic factors: the ownership or non-ownership...
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