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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Includes bibliographical references and index
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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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