Vertical permeability

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Vertical permeability (also vertical mobility) is a form of social mobility and describes in sociology the possibility of advancement or descent based on an imaginary order of social class or social stratification .

One example of a lack of vertical permeability or the delimitation of social groups is the caste system in India .

The term " glass ceiling " describes a barrier to advancement for members of less privileged sections of society.

literature

  • Strauss, AL, & Martin, NH (1956). Function and consequences of failure for vertical mobility. Cologne Journal for Sociology and Social Psychology, 8, 595–607.
  • Bolte, KM, & Recker, H. (1969). Vertical mobility. 1969: Handbuch der Empirischen Sozialforschung, Vol. 2, 1-42.
  • Kreckel, R. (1972). Vertical mobility and immobility in the Federal Republic of Germany: Report of a study commissioned by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Department of Spatial Planning, Local Authorities, Statistics. Self-rel. d. Federal Research Institute for regional studies and Spatial planning.
  • Kreckel, R. (1972). Social inequality and “open society” On the theoretical reorientation of the sociology of vertical mobility. Social World, 17–40.