Overview

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.

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Author:   V. Mikhalev
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2003 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.547kg
ISBN:  

9781403908018

ISBN 10:   140390801
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   24 June 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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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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VLADIMIR MIKHALEV is a Senior Economist with Oxford Policy Management. He directed a major multi-country project on equality and social stratification for the UNU/WIDER and worked as World Bank advisor in Kyrgyzstan on social policy reform. He also worked for over ten years in the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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