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

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
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Place / Publishing House:Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2000]
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Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (197 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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