Question

What is meant by the horizontal / vertical distinction among societies?

Answer 1

The movement can obviously occur in any of three directions – from lower to higher, from higher to lower, or between two positions at the same level. The first two types of movement are known as vertical mobility and the third one as horizontal mobility. In other words, when a person changes his status by moving from one position to another, the movement is called vertical mobility.

Vertical mobility may be either upward or downward, depending on whether one enhances one’s social status or loses it. On the other hand, when a person moves from one position to another and does not change his status in any way, the movement is known as horizontal mobility.


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