Mobility (social)

Social mobility denotes a change in the individual’s or family’s social situation. Péter Róbert writes: mobility, on the one hand, appears largely as a self-value, a result of a normative approach, according to which the openness of a society is closely connected to its democratic character.
…On the other hand, the value and meaning of social mobility may be given in a functionalist way. People are born into families with a variety of occupations, educational levels and wealth but, irrespective of this, talents and abilities display and even distribution in society. Mobility therefore corrects differences in social background; it is a process that makes sure that everybody ends up where they can be of the greatest use to society, through the various selective mechanisms. [1]
The Acting Communities project aims to serve social mobility by making the available cultural institutions more open and user-friendly, making access to information easier, extending and strengthening the individual’s social network and by developing individual competences through community processes.
 
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[1] Róbert, P.: Társadalmi mobilitás. [Social Mobility] In Társadalmi riport. [Social Report] In: Andorka, R. – Kolosi, T. – Vukovich, Gy. (eds.) 1990, Budapest, TÁRKI

 
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