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Socialisation to High Mobility?

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  • Stéphanie Vincent-Geslin

    (LET - Laboratoire d'économie des transports - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Emmanuel Ravalet

    (LASUR - Laboratoire de sociologie urbaine - EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

Abstract

This chapters examines the ways highly mobile people are formed by high mobility, that is acquire the skills, practices and values of high mobility, and transformed through the experience of high mobility, that is change their skills, practices and values previously acquired. We draw here on the notion of socialisation defined as formation and transformation (Darmon, 2006) to investigate this process. We first define the concept of socialisation and situate it in the sociological tradition. We then explore the role of primary (childhood) and secondary (adulthood) socialisation to high mobility. We finally discuss the ways these two types of socialisation influence how highly mobile people experience, feel and plan for the future their mobility. We show two different attitudes towards mobility experiences during childhood and within the family (primary socialisation). For some, high mobility appears to be a continuation of childhood mobility experiences. Others, however, reject the mobility practices to which they were exposed early in life. Concerning secondary socialisation, we show that, for some people, certain mobility experiences, such as travel or job training, serve more or less as direct preparation for high mobility. For others, preparation for high mobility occurs through practice, with greater or lesser degrees of success.

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  • Stéphanie Vincent-Geslin & Emmanuel Ravalet, 2015. "Socialisation to High Mobility?," Post-Print halshs-01741881, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-01741881
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137447388
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    1. Shliselberg, Rebecca & Givoni, Moshe & Kaplan, Sigal, 2020. "A behavioral framework for measuring motility: Linking past mobility experiences, motility and eudemonic well-being," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 141(C), pages 69-85.
    2. Mattioli, Giulio & Scheiner, Joachim & Holz-Rau, Christian, 2022. "Generational differences, socialisation effects and ‘mobility links’ in international holiday travel," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 98(C).

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