In this study I explore how intergenerational social mobility varies between subnational regions across Europe and whether any contextual factors are associated with levels of mobility. Support is found for subnational variation in class and occupational rank mobility within 24 European countries using the European Social Survey. Two theoretical frameworks are applied, the industrialization thesis (more economic development leads to more mobility) and an inequality framework (more inequality leads to less mobility). A bivariate association is shown between higher levels of economic development and higher levels of mobility on a regional level. Support for the inequality framework is seen in that a higher at-risk-of-poverty-rate is associated with lower levels of absolute class mobility, which was found to be a result of within-country variation. Between-country variation is seen concerning the association between both lower rates of absolute class mobility and higher rates of people living in low work intensity-households and severe material deprivation. Further, a higher rate of workers in the primary sector is found to be associated with lower mobility rates. In conclusion, this study shows that local economic factors, and not only national, contribute to explaining variation in intergenerational mobility.

This study seeks to understand the principal elements of the autosociobiography, a term which is not widely recognized in the literary world. This term is usually associated with the author Annie Ernaux and her book La place (1983). The main search question is to try identifying the criteria to determine if a given literally work can be classified as an autosociobiography. The study is drawn upon the theory of the autobiobiographical pact of Phillipe Leujeune and Pierre Bourdieu’s social theory The Distinction (1979). To identify the elements of the autosociobiography, this work explores the recent dialogues of Frédéric-Yves Jeannet around the works of Annie Ernaux in 2003 and it will involve several studies on the same subject. The result shows five different elements; the first one is the flat writing characterized by its simplicity and avoids the subjectivity and feelings. The second one is the class defector or the class mobility. The third one promotes the total reject of the fiction or autofiction. The fourth is the impersonal “I” which is a technique that uses an individual narrative way with an intention to reach the collective audience. The last one is the unique style of writing the life and living the writing. Moreover, the study confirms the results mentioned above with a projection of the identified elements on the work La place (1983) to deepen the understanding of the subject.