Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Kashan, kashan, Iran. & ------
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The present paper, studies Intra-Generational social mobility in Kashan as a transitional society. Knowing the level of mobility, its effective factors and the strategies used in this process has been the main goal of the research. Giddens, Mc-Clealand and Bourdieu's theories, form the main theoretical base of the research. The statistical population of the research includes all citizens aged 25 to 64 in Kashan, out of which 385 people were selected through Cochran's formula and studied by cluster sampling method. Findings show that, the amount of intra-generational mobility relatively equals 40%, the majority of which experienced only one degree i.e. short-range mobility. Variables such as education and lack of belief in chance have played an effective role in the intra-generational upward mobility of the respondents. The studied society has mainly used economic and educational strategies in order to promote intra-generational upward mobility.