In the past two decades, Croatia has undergone profound changes ; war and transition have resulted in an altered socio-political context, changes in the social structure and an unfavourable economic situation. The social diversification which has emerged has led to sharp social stratification, in which the middle social stratum has almost vanished and a new, narrow, elite stratum been created. This paper will analyse patterns of intergenerational mobility in two periods (1984 and 2004), showing that Croatian society has been characterised by a relatively low degree of intergenerational mobility, with a high degree of social reproduction in both the socialist and transitional period
