Mobility among Professionals in Bangalore City

Studies on social mobility in India have laid scant
emphasis on the socio-psychological causes and
consequences of mobility or its absence. The present
study focuses on the social and related dimensions of
the process of aspiration formation for the
professional education and profession, as a means of
achieving social mobility. The book examines the
Cultural processes, identities and institutions which
continue to play a crucial role in maintaining
traditional inequality in the contemporary Indian
society through various forms of symbolic domination.
However, it also unravels the role of modern
education and professionalism in the information era.
Professions are now operating as important tools
questioning the stereotyped system of social
stratification and are in a process of establishing a
post-caste society, controlled by professional norms
and hierarchy.

Autorentext
Deepthi Shanker is currently working as a sociologist at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, India. Her areas of interest include Social Stratification, Education, Cyber Sociology, ICT and Development. She is currently working on a book project 'Sociology of Cyberspace'.

Klappentext
Studies on social mobility in India have laid scant emphasis on the socio-psychological causes and consequences of mobility or its absence. The present study focuses on the social and related dimensions of the process of 'aspiration formation' for the professional education and profession, as a means of achieving social mobility. The book examines the Cultural processes, identities and institutions which continue to play a crucial role in maintaining traditional inequality in the contemporary Indian society through various forms of symbolic domination. However, it also unravels the role of modern education and professionalism in the information era. Professions are now operating as important tools questioning the stereotyped system of social stratification and are in a process of establishing a post-caste society, controlled by professional norms and hierarchy.