Desarrollo y movilidad social. Análisis comparado entre Andalucía y Cataluña

This article focuses on the study of trends in the processes of social mobility in terms of development of societies. Two moments in time (1999 and 2004) and two locations in space (Andalusia and Catalonia) were analysed. Longitudinal comparative analysis comparing two different times in development processes, and cross-comparisons between the two communities, Andalusia and Catalonia, were realised. The main argument is that in advanced societies mobility processes are stronger and more intense than in less developed societies. The results show that the processes of social mobility don’t work in the same way in all the societies, and that the reference hypothesis is not always confirmed.