El método biográfico en el estudio de las desigualdades sociales

Abstract

This paper makes a reflection about the biographical method in reference to: its advantages and limitations; its usefiílness towards the study of certain sectors of reality; inherent analytical difficulties and the methodological diversity of application. This reflection comes ofiffi-om two studies. The first one analyzed the reconversión of thirty shoe industry abourers in the city of Elche and their job path that often leads them towards the underground economy. The second study analyses poverty through the biographies of women in precarious social conditions. Both studies come together to reveal processes of social inequality.