The impact of mass violence and post-conflict recovery on social mobility. Exploring the nature and underlying drivers of social transformation in Rwanda and Burundi. Fieldwork in Burundi.

The overall objective is to understand social mobility in a post-conflict context. I will study the extent and differential nature of social mobility: whether, how and why individuals and households move up, move down or remain immobile. I use both a narrow and a broad concept of social mobility. In a narrow sense, social mobility is defined as the (perceived) movement in (socio-) economic position over time of individuals, households and/or social categories. An enlarged conception of social mobility also encompasses the changing experience and perceptions of security, trust and political participation/representation over time, which are all highly relevant in a post-conflict setting.

Keywords:SOCIAL MOBILITY, BURUNDI, RWANDA

Disciplines:Applied sociology, Policy and administration, Social psychology, Social stratification, Social theory and sociological methods, Sociology of life course, family and health, Other sociology and anthropology, Language studies, Literary studies