ABSTRACT
Martin (born in 1959) lives in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is married and has two children. Martin was raised in a blue-collar family, which was not so well-off. His early decision to have a better life in the future motivated him to study hard in a public high school and continue his education at the state university. In 1977 he was obliged to serve twelve months in the Yugoslav National Army (JNA) in another Yugoslav republic. Since the end of World War II, many of Martin's relatives had left Yugoslavia. During the 1950s, some of them escaped for political reasons, after being imprisoned for opposing the Communist regime. Change in social institutions and societies 'at large' is usually perceived through the changes in the individual's current quality of life, as well as expectations regarding the fixture. European societies, in general, have all gone through the process of modernization, which has 'produced' the contemporary social arrangements.
