Syllabus: Optional Subject – Sociology – Papers I
Stratification and Mobility: (d) Social mobility – open and closed systems, types of mobility, sources and causes of mobility.
| Discuss social mobility in open and closed system. | (22/2c/10) |
| Explain the growing salience of ethnicity in the contemporary world with illustrations. | (21/10) |
| How are open and closed systems of stratification undergoing transformation in the emergence of new hierarchical social order in societies? | (13/1/4a/20) |
| Critically assess social mobility in closed and open systems. | (20/1/4c/10) |
| Is social mobility possible in closed systems of stratification? Illustrate from research work. | (18/1/5e/10) |
| “Vertical mobility brings structural change even in a closed social system.” Comment. | (16/1/1e/10) |
| “No society can either be absolutely open or absolutely closed.” Comment | (15/I/1e/10) |
| Explain the concept of social mobility. Describe with suitable illustrations how education and social mobility are related to each other. |