Vertikalna društvena pokretljivost u Jugoslaviji

Abstract

Results of a survey of social mobility (done in 1991) are analyzed in the article. Intergenerational mobility is studied in the first part. Earlier findings have been confirmed: relative openness of the society was the result of big structural changes (deagrarization/industrialization). Upward movement is characteristic for all groups (especially peasants), while downward movement is an exception. The climb to the closest higher level in the hierarchy is the rule (except for the commanding group which mobilized manual strata too). Yasuda index shows, however, that self-reproduction of strata dominates when structural changes are excluded. Intragenerational mobility is very small. The only strata which is open in this respect is the commanding group. The general conclusion its that Yugoslav society was originally open due to revolutionary and structural changes, but that it became more and more closed ass the socialist system reached its 'mature' form.