Social mobility in the elite. To what extent does the probability of attaining elite positions depend on elite origins?

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Sociology - Social System and Social Structure, grade: 1,3, University of Tubingen (Institut für Soziologie), course: Social Mobility, language: English, abstract: Since C. Wright Mills’ “The Power Elite” (1956/2000), questions about the composition and cohesion of the top level of the stratification hierarchy, and also about the mechanisms behind re...