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Global Issues Report:

Social Mobility

Dariela Ramirez-Guzman

The University of Texas at El Paso

RWS1301

Dr. Vierra

October 7, 2018
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Abstract

Social mobility is the possibility of progress that every human being has. In theory, such

progress should depend on the talent and effort of each person and not on the socioeconomic

situation in which they are born. The merit and not the "cradle" should determine the future of

each person. To progress in life - and therefore, for social mobility to exist - it is essential that

there be opportunities. If these are available to everyone, regardless of our origin, it will be easier

to reach our potential and thus move, and how is social mobility related nationwide.
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Global Issue Report

Introduction

When we talk about social mobility, we refer to the movements of a person in the

socioeconomic ladder of a country, the possibility that people must rise or fall in the socio-

economic well-being scale, however, different types can be presented, analyzed and studied. of

mobilities. The culture as an essential element in the development of the people of a society is

important is recognized by the States as a right, in addition to providing all the conditions for the

same to be enjoyed and respected effectively. The culture given the importance it represents

within society is more than a concept, it is a right, having the status of a human right, to which

all citizens of a State must have access and guarantee to enjoy it, that is why various international

bodies recognize the same through various instruments to which different States adhere to ensure

their respect to their citizens.

Discussion

The education in United States offer student’s to be successful in their career choice than

any other country. According to Adame (2014), international students always seek to stay in the

United States, so they could get a higher-level education. The evidence suggests,

the American educational system offers numerous options to students, in any of the stages or

levels in which they find themselves.

Social mobility has an impact on people that are looking to be successful with their

future. According to Andrews and Leigh (2009) that very little is known about the association

between inequality and intergenerational mobility (Social mobility). This confirms that
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inequality is offset by more income mobility across generations, it turns out that in unequal

countries it is harder to move from poor to rich.

The economic status in Mexico is low and the reason is because education does not give

the opportunities that should be given. According to Balan (2014), the 2013 Social Mobility

Report in Mexico conducted by the Espinosa Yglesias Study Center presents data indicating that

Mexico is a country with low social mobility. Among them, that 48 of every 100 Mexicans who

come from the lowest socioeconomic level remain there in the next generation (Pg.145). This

shows that. most of the people who get to graduate from high school do not have enough money

to pay for college. People who do not go to university do not have the opportunity to get a job

with a stable salary.

Here in the United States People who really want to do something in their life, do

everything possible to get financial help to go to college, here in the United States. Boudon

(1974) claimed that social mobility refers to the differences in level of education attainment

according to social background. Social mobility is exactly that; it is a difference in social

achievement according to social background. Based on this evidence if a person has a low

income and really can’t afford playing for school, that’s where the social mobility kicks in. It

helps students to be able to pay for school by giving them scholarships, loans and financial aid.

Great Britain has been known for being wealthy and people think that there is no poverty.

According to Goldthorpe (1982), social mobility is an issue in modern Britain. one of the richest

countries in the world, although also one of the most unequal. This confirms a report prepared by

a committee of the British Parliament, presented last December 8 in this city (Goldthorpe, 1982),

at least 4 million people in the United Kingdom are at risk of going hungry because of a sharp
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drop in the level of income, delays in the payment of subsidies and high costs of services such as

gas, water and electricity.

Money shouldn’t matter, and that it most definitely shouldn’t define a person. According

to Redfield (1950), social class is nothing but attitudes towards each other (Pg. 139). The authors

point is that social class is something humans have classified each other. No matter if a person is

rich or poor, at the end everybody is the same, and everybody is just trying to live their life to the

greatest ability.

Early jobs strongly affect individual’s attributes, a finding which implies that the

organization’s job assignments cause a greater structuring of career attainments than human

capital theory suggests. According to Rosenbaum (1984), job structures have no impact on

earnings, and that the early earnings are inversely related to later attainment. There have been

various studies that have shown how careers are structured by early social forces and barriers is

seen in the conflict between human capital theory in economics.

Writing is the least favorite subject for students because teachers concentrate on the

wrong things. According to Spack (1988), the effort to determine what academic writing is and

what ESL students need to know to produce it has led to the development of several different

approaches to teaching of writing (Pg. 33). The authors point is that english teachers should

concentrate more on general principles of inquiry and rhetoric, with emphasis on writing from

sources.

Students in Chile are grateful that education is being provided to them. According to

Torche ( 2004), if there is a basic concept in which virtually every Chilean citizen agrees,

education is the best tool for progress, for this country and for each of its inhabitants. Because
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this powerful idea has proven to be extremely weak in practice, if this data is not nuanced, the

entire scaffolding of the educational reforms would have to be carefully re-evaluated.

Although the most economically advantaged families can access resources and

opportunities through the market and their social ties, many scholars have wondered about the

resource strategies of poor families residing in low income communities. The idea is that social

mobility poses a challenge for people living segregated in areas of high poverty. These groups

tend to be socially isolated, lacking social networks with ties that bridge with individuals and

institutions of the social majority.

Bourdieu (1985) extended the concept of "capital", until then only related to the

economy, to include - along with economic - the social, cultural and symbolic resources [2].

Since then, social capital has gained in popularity as an analytical term that is used to understand

the process of stratification at the individual and aggregate levels. At its aggregate level, social

capital has been used to study the social organization of neighborhoods (Sampson, Raudenbush

& Earls, 1997), as well as regional civic and economic performance (Putnam, 1993, 2000).

Conclusion

Social mobility has been around nationwide, it has increased in some countries but

decreased in others. The reason for this is for people to be aware of what social mobility is and

how it could affect social class level. The connection between students in the United States and

nationwide is that grow will always happen economically because of a high education.
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Figures (Graphs, Charts, Etc)

This scatterplot represents how the economic level is doing in different countries.

This figure shows how countries with higher levels of income inequality have lower levels of

social mobility.