单词 | vertical mobility |
释义 | > as lemmasvertical mobility 5. Chiefly Sociology. The ability or potential of individuals within a society to move between different social levels (more fully vertical mobility) or between different occupations, etc. (more fully horizontal mobility); the ability or potential of a workforce to move from place to place.See also social mobility n. at social adj. and n. Compounds 2, downward mobility n. at downward adv., adj., and prep. Compounds 2, upward mobility at upward adv. 1e. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > social mobility social mobility1860 mobility1866 downward mobility1929 upward mobility1949 spiralism1957 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. iv. 108 Labour, on which so many circumstances are now conferring mobility and expansion. 1889 Spectator 12 Oct. 476/1 It is within the province of the State to promote the mobility of labour and capital. 1900 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 6 377 (caption) Mobility of type. 1927 P. A. Sorokin Social Mobility ii. vii. 136 The intensiveness of the vertical mobility may be measured in the same way in the field of the political and occupational stratifications. 1938 T. H. Marshall Class Conflict 111 The use of mobility as an excuse for inequality is usually associated with a measure of self-deception. 1956 C. W. Mills Power Elite xv. 349 Only if the criteria of the top positions were meritorious..could we smuggle merit into such statistics of mobility. 1974 tr. W. F. Wertheim Evol. & Revol. ii. 209 We have seen..that increased horizontal mobility (urban migration, plantation labour, enlistment for military works) may be typical of a pre-revolutionary situation. 1986 Scotsman 31 July (Property Market Suppl.) 1/2 Recent studies..have shown the crucial role that housing plays in labour mobility. < as lemmas |
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