A different glimpse into mobilities: On the interrelations between daily spatial mobility and social mobility |
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| Authors: | Leopoldina Fortunati Sakari Taipale |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Human Studies and Cultural Heritage, University of Udine, Udine, Italy;2. Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland |
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| Abstract: | We explore the link between daily spatial mobility and social mobility, taking changes in the contemporary labor market and family as examples. We propose a new theoretical approach to mobility that is defined as a productive force of social labor. Analyzing the relationship between daily spatial mobility and social mobility, we show that spatial mobility has become a strategy of compensation for the lack of social mobility. Explanations for the increase in daily spatial mobility are also provided. Lastly, we reveal how spatial mobility has the capacity to produce major social change, taking the family as an example. |
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| Keywords: | Spatial mobility social mobility productive force of social labor mobilities |
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