Social Mobility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23593124 |
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| Authors | Harold Kerbo, Harold R Kerbo (California Polytechnic State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-5 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118430873.est0754 |
| OpenAlex | W4244868960 |
| ISBN | 9781118430873 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Throughout history, humans have always been concerned about improving their standard of living and that of their offspring. And this has especially been so with what can be called modern industrial societies when such improvements in citizens' standards of living and those of their offspring have become possible. For a nation as a whole, the beliefs citizens have about their chances of a better life or not have major consequences for the political stability of a country. With beliefs that standards of living will fall or are falling, both left‐wing and right‐wing movements are likely. Compared to many other modern industrial societies today, unfortunately, the rate of social mobility in the United States has been falling.
Development economics · Economics · Economy · Environmental health · Falling (accident) · Industrial society · Offspring · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social life · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · Standard of living · Employment and Welfare Studies · Health disparities and outcomes · Law · Medicine · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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