Achieved status

A social position gained through a person's actions or accomplishments.

An achieved status is gained through accomplishments. Parsons saw schools as operating on meritocratic principles: ability and effort should determine achievement, rather than family background. Qualifications help select people for future roles, connecting educational achievement with employment.

A social position gained through personal effort, qualifications or accomplishments.

Link each named thinker to a specific argument: Durkheim to shared norms, values and social solidarity; Parsons to the bridge between family and society, achieved status and meritocracy.

Use Durkheim for the transmission of norms and values and Parsons for achieved status and meritocracy.

A social position gained through a person's own efforts or accomplishments.

A social position gained through a person's actions, efforts or achievements.

Achieved status is gained through actions, effort or achievement. Gaining a qualification, receiving a promotion or succeeding in sport can provide achieved status.

A social position gained through a person's actions, effort or accomplishments rather than assigned by birth or background.

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