1st Edition
On the Verge of Convergence Social Stratification in Eastern Europe
By Henryk Domanski
Copyright 2000
196 Pages
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Central European University Press
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... Read more
List of Tables, List of Figures, Introduction: The Constrained Plurality of Stratification Systems, 1 Peasant Societies-Market Societies: The Touch of Modernization, 2 Two Transformations and Social Mobility, 3 Social Mobility Patterns: 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
Biography
Henryk Domanski is Professor of Sociology in the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology in Polish Academy of Sciences and Head of the Department of Social Structure Research and Department of Studies on Methods and Techniques of Sociological Research.
