Social Development and its Impact
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CULTURAL CAPITAL ANDSOCIAL MOBILITY INGHANA
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK ..............................................................................................................................................1Cultural Capital and social mobility...........................................................................................1CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
INTRODUCTIONCultural capital and social mobility are interconnected. These are the assets which can betangible and intangible. This capital is not related with income, net worth and any other financialmeasures. It is divided into three parts as institutionalized (related to education and knowledge),embodied (related to personality, speech and skill), objectified (affiliated to clothes and otheraccessories). Social mobility is the movement of the individual between social strata within thesociety (Blokland, 2016). Mobility means the changes and it may be of any kind as from oneplace to another and from one position to other. It is required to have effective changes so thatpersonal may adopt the alternative accordingly. TASK Cultural Capital and social mobilityCultural CapitalIt is the capital that is not related to financial and non-financial asset but it is the asset ofindividual as their knowledge, intellectual skills, style of speech etc. It is related to socialmobility because when such factors are used in effective way then it brings many changes to thesociety that is called social mobility. Pierre Bourdieu explained cultural capital in differentcontext and interpreted that there are difference between level of performance and academicachievement of any person (Brooks and Waters, 2010). There are various kind of cultural capital such as:1.Embodied- It is the knowledge that is acquired by socialization to culture and tradition.This relied upon person's habitus which is more receptive to similar cultural influences. 2.Objectified- It comprises of property of person as work of art, scientific instrument thatcan be used for economic profit. 3.Institutionalized- It covers academic credentials and professional qualification that isgained by the person form institution. It has important role in labour market. Social mobilityMobility refers to movement in the society that may be from one factor to another.Changes are required to adopt so that necessary arrangement for betterment can be adopted. Itcan't be said that such alteration is good or bad. Social mobility in relation to society means the1
movement that likely to be for taking the good opportunities so that development can be made inthe society.There was one sociologist who wrote book on social mobility this topic and his book name was'Social and Cultural Mobility'. It is said that there is no society which is completely closed andopen. Society can be same on the basis of movement and discouragement. Changes in societymay be upward and downward (Erel, 2010).Mobility can be considered in different ways as-1.Change in occupation that be result in change in status.2.Promotion within same group. This concept in GhanaCultural capital is one of the important segment in social development and growth. It isrelated to make the overall improvement in the society. There are many changes that can beidentified by development of cultural capital. It is required for the nation to make the necessaryinnovation at workplace so that their citizen can be developed in more effective way. There aremany changes that are presented in society due to cultural capital in Ghana as improvement ofliving standard of the people, new technological innovation at workplace, reduction inunemployment graph, increase in self employed persons and many more. Both the terms areinter-related and cultural capital has vast impact over social mobility. There are many changes that can take place in society due to cultural activity. It isrequired to promote such activities so that new innovation and improvement can be made.Cultural of society, family values plat significant role in this regard and it is important for thesocial mobility (Fiske and Markus, 2012).Social arrangements are important for the development of the society. Human capital isone of the important task for such development. There are many social policy that are made inGhana so that overall development of the society can be made and to eliminate problems in thisregard. They developed the process of change that ma make improvement in the society,economy, political and environmental and confidence of people. GSDO, 2014 identified andaddressed the issues that are faced by Ghanaians and promote debate in public and privatedomain. They became more responsive for the issue that are confront by them on daily basis,ranging from sanitation to placement, corruption and others. 2
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