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Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, 2025, 8(7); doi: 10.25236/AJHSS.2025.080714.

Digital Identity and Social Stratification: Mechanisms of Social Mobility in the Context of Digital Governance

Author(s)

Zhao Baohua

Corresponding Author:
Zhao Baohua
Affiliation(s)

Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China

Abstract

This mixed-methods analysis, synthesizing multiple published case studies and comprehensive survey data, identifies six mechanisms affecting social mobility in digital governance. Three enabling mechanisms (opportunity expansion, capability transformation, network empowerment) and three constraining mechanisms (exclusion, structural limitation, institutional inertia) interact to influence mobility trajectories, with digital identity as a key moderating variable.

Keywords

Digital Identity; Social Mobility Mechanisms; Digital Governance; Social Stratification; Digital Inequality

Cite This Paper

Zhao Baohua. Digital Identity and Social Stratification: Mechanisms of Social Mobility in the Context of Digital Governance. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2025), Vol. 8, Issue 7: 102-107. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2025.080714.

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