Social Stratification and Mobility in a Developing Indian City

Shashikala, D. J.

• Publisher: Regency Publications
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9789351300496
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Geography
• Index: Geography

Social stratification is concerned with the aspirations and hopes of the people and the primary object is to apply the findings directly to the tracking down of social welfare. The study is to assess the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group or the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata. In a country like India, even today, religious elucidation is categorized by purity; no individual mobility; clearly separated, self-regulating groups can be found. The present study endeavors to stumble on the socio-economic symphony of the people and their responsibility in the caste, class and political participation. Social stratification and mobility happens to be an enduring feature of any organized society. Varying in form, social stratification has existed in all societies which proclaimed the equality of men. The major focus of studies in this arena is to draw attention to the stratification and whereabouts in an urban society. The present work unravels and discovers to categorize the features conscientious for the ongoing changes in a developing Indian city.

Table of contents

• Acknowledgement
• Preface
• List of Tables
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Study Area
• 3. Socio-economic Composition of the Respondents
• 4. The Emerging Patterns of Social Stratification in Urban City
• 5. Social Structure and Mobility in Davanagere City
• 6. Occupational Mobility Patterns in the City
• 7. Modernization, Mobility and Human Attitudes
• 8. Summary and Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Appendices