Socio-economic mobility

Meritocracy (merit, from Latin , and -cracy, from Ancient Greek 'strength, power') is the notion of a political system in which economic goods or political power are vested in individual people based on ability and talent, rather than wealth or social class. Advancement in such a system is based on performance, as measured through examination or demonstrated achievement.

ethos of the United States

mobility to move social classes

wealthy person whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who is therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy

concept in sociology and economy

lifestyle of people in the United States

A parvenu is a person who is a relative newcomer to a high-ranking socioeconomic class. The word is borrowed from the French language; it is the past participle of the verb parvenir (to reach, to arrive, to manage to do something).

In Marxism, proletarianization is the social process whereby people move from being either an employer, unemployed or self-employed, to being employed as wage labor by an employer.

economical chart plotting inequality and intergenerational social immobility

UK demographic classification

form of social categorization

absence expected and acceptable cultural phenomena, resulting in the failure of the individual to communicate and respond in the context of society

people's ability to improve their economic status over the course of their lifetimes.