Social mobility from a comparative perspective between Europe and Latin America

• Sandra Fachelli ^[1] ; Ildefonso Marqués-Perales ^[2] ; Marcelo Boado ^[3] ; Patricio Solís ^[4]
  1. [1] Universidad Pablo de Olavide

     Universidad Pablo de Olavide

     Sevilla, España

     
  2. [2] Universidad de Sevilla

     Universidad de Sevilla

     Sevilla, España

     
  3. [3] Universidad de la República

     Universidad de la República

     Uruguay

     
  4. [4] College of Mexico

     College of Mexico

     México

     

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• Localización: Towards a Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities between Europe and Latin America / Pedro López Roldán (ed. lit.), Sandra Fachelli (ed. lit.), 2020, ISBN 3-030-48442-4, págs. 203-234
• Idioma: español
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  • This chapter presents a review of the analysis of social mobility in the international sphere (Europe and Latin America), with a particular focus on the partner countries of the INCASI network. To date, few studies have linked nations whose economic and social aspects are so dissimilar. As is usual in the specialized literature, the relationship between social origin and class destination is addressed. This is done by noting the comparisons made across the geographical areas. We review the analyses that have been made of the evolution of social fluidity as well as the distance between social classes within each country and the comparisons made between them. We compare the main theories that have inspired the study of social mobility to date: modernization theory, which predicts an increase in relative mobility rates, and invariance theory, which postulates the constancy of social fluidity. Special attention is devoted to the role played by the family, the state and the market in late industrialized countries. We study the difficulties for social change, i. e. upward mobility from one class to another, as well as the likelihood of reproduction in comparative terms. To do so, we link these mechanisms with the AMOSIT model. The advances in methodology, techniques, theory and data processing are highlighted.