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Women and Social Mobility in Rural Spain
Author(s) -
Navarro Yáñez Clemente J.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
sociologia ruralis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.005
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1467-9523
pISSN - 0038-0199
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9523.00103
Subject(s) - meritocracy , ascription , social mobility , modernization theory , consciousness , sociology , gender studies , demographic economics , social class , biography , race (biology) , political science , social science , psychology , economic growth , economics , epistemology , philosophy , neuroscience , law
One of the effects of the process of modernization is increased opportunity for individuation and, consequently, for social mobility, where meritocracy and acquisition are more relevant than ascription. This is clearly the case in Spain, although there have been few studies which relate it to gender and the differences that may exist between dwelling places. Using data froma a survey for the International Project on Structure, Biography and Class Consciousness, this paper shows that there are significant differences between the sexes and where they reside during the mobility cycle. Furthermore, contrary to expectation, meritocracy plays a prominent role among women who live in rural areas.