Social Classes and Social Mobility in Slovenia and Europe

• Authors: Eva Jereb , Marko Ferjan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In closed social systems the social position of an individual is determined by the social position of the family into which he or she was born, whereas in open social systems mobility from one social class to another is possible. This paper concerns the relationship between the class position an individual actually occupies and the class into which he or she was born. First the concept of social class is described and different types of social mobility are presented. Than the research methodology is described and the results are presented and discussed. At the end of the paper certain comparisons to other European countries are made.

Keywords

EN

social class; social mobility; gender; education; Slovenia; Europe

SL

družbeni razred; družbena mobilnost; spol; izobrazba; Slovenija; Evropa

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Organizacija
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 41
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 197-206

Dates

published

2008-11-01

online

2009-02-23

Contributors

author

Eva Jereb

• Faculty of Organisational Sciences, University of Maribor, Kidriceva 55a, 4000 Kranj, Slovenia

author

Marko Ferjan

• Faculty of Organisational Sciences, University of Maribor, Kidriceva 55a, 4000 Kranj, Slovenia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10051-008-0021-7