Inequality and social structure during the transition
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Inequality and social structure during the transition
(Studies in development economics and policy series)
Palgrave Macmillan : In association with the United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research, 2003
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Available at 27 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
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National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Library (GRIPS Library)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This unique collection studies and compares emerging social structures in transitional societies and discusses the life of the large majority of workers (farmers and state-sector employees as well as the bottom of socially deprived and marginalized people). The contributors look into causes of high inequality and poverty in Russia and other CIS countries, as well as more equal income distribution and higher levels of social welfare in Central Europe.
Table of Contents
- Overview: Inequality and Transformation of Social Structures
- V.Mikhalev PART I: MARKET REFORMS, INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION Transition and Social Structures: General Determinants of the Change
- T.Piirainen The Impact of Labour Markets: Social Mobility, Segmentation and Rereanking
- V.Gimpelson Winners of the Reforms: The New Economic and Political Elite
- I.Szelenyi & C.Glass Middle Classes in the Making in Central and Eastern Europe
- G.Lengyel & P.Robert Poverty and the Poor
- A.McAuley PART II: STRUCTURAL COMPARISON OF INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL STRUCTURES AMONG ARCHETYPAL COUNTRY CASE STUDIES Russia
- N.Simonia Poland
- J.Gorniak Czech Republic
- J.Vecernik Uzbekistan
- R.Pomfret Kyrgyzstan
- V.Mikhalev & G.Heinrich
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