Why Has the Study of Status Attainment Looked Less at the Individual

question 11

Multiple Choice

Why has the study of status attainment looked less at the individual or the differences between a person and their parents?

• A) Attainment cannot take place outside of structural networks, hierarchies, organizational career pathways, and the like.
• B) Because of the economic shift from manufacturing to service industries.
• C) Technological changes have obviated many of the older routes of attainment, making them less and less relevant.
• D) There is now more intergenerational mobility.

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