1. Social Mobility Among Muslims: A Study of Aligarh City
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Khan, Wafi Ahmed
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westernization ,Muslims ,Stratification ,Industrialization ,Social Mobility - Abstract
Social mobility studies examine the extent to which a society's member social position varies over the course of their lives or between generations. The purposive snowball sampling method has been used to collect the data from three generations of the same household. The study is to capture the intergenerational mobility among Muslims in Aligarh city and concludes that over the generation people of Aligarh city have assigned higher importance to education because of well developed education institution in the city and as a consequence people have opted for more remunerative and respected occupations with higher income, {"references":["Ahmad, I. (1990). The Problems of Indian Muslims: Methodology for Analysis.","Alexander, K. C. (1968). Social Mobility in Kerala. Poona: Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute","Basant, R. (2012). Education and Employment among Muslims in India: An Analysis of Patterns and Trends. Research and Publications, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.","] Basharatullah Khan. (1973). Family Structure of Muslims in Aligarh. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.","Beteille, A. (2002). Equality and Universality : Essays in Social and Political Theory. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.","Bhatt, A. (1975). Caste, Class and Politics: An Empirical Profile of Social Stratification in Modern India. Delhi: Mahohar Book Service.","Chetty, V. B. K. (1991). The Scheduled Castes and Development Programmes in India (1st ed.). Allahabad: Vohra Publishers & Distributors","Davis, K. (1951). The Population of India and Pakistan. Princeton: Princeton University Press."]}
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- 2023
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