On the Verge of Convergence : : Social Stratification in Eastern Europe / / Henryk Domański.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• VerfasserIn: Domański, Henryk,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2000]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (197 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Tables --; List of Figures --; lntroduction: The Constrained Plurality of Stratification Systems --; 1. Peasant Societies-Market Societies: The Touch of Modemization --; 2. Two Transformations and Social Mobility --; 3. Social Mobility Pattems: A Basic Continuity --; 4. Economic Stratification: Similarities, Differences, and Emerging Change --; 5. The 'Owners' Debate: Nomenklatura or Self-Recruitment? --; 6. Income Distribution --; 7. Culture and Lifestyle --; 8. Religion-A Stage on the Road to Modernization? --; Conclusions: Modem and Traditional Social Structures --; Appendix --; References --; Index of Authors
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789633864906; 9783110780550
• DOI: 10.1515/9789633864906?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Henryk Domański.

Based on comparative surveys, the author presents a study of social transformation in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989. Focusing on Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia and Slovakia, the author provides information relating to social structure, mobility, inequality, lifestyle and economic stratification. Applying the Erikson-Goldthorpe classification of class positions, Domanski effectively presents fully comparable data to enable political comparisons to be made with other countries, especially those with firmly established free market economies. As such, "On the Verge of Convergence" seeks to provide a clearer understanding of the on-going process of social transformation within developing capitalist societies.