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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 effectively presents fully comparable data to enable political comparisons to be made with other countries, especially those with firmly established free market economies. As such, "On the Verge of Convergence" seeks to provide a clearer understanding of the on-going process of social transformation within developing capitalist societies.
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ON THE VERGE OF CONVERGENCE This Page Intentionally Left Blank ON THE VERGE OF CONVERGENCE Social Stra tifica tion in Eastern Europe HENRYK DOMANSKI Central European University Press First published in Polish as“Na progu konwergencji” by Wydawnictwo IfiS PAN, Warszawa, 1996 English edition published in2000 by Central European University Press Oktbber 6. utca 12 H-1051 Budapest Hungary 400 West 59“’ Street New York, NY10019 USA 0 1996 by Henryk Domanski and Wydawnictwo IfiS PAN Distributed in the United Kingdom and Western Europe by Plymbridge Distributors Ltd., Estover Road, Plymouth, PL6 7PZ United Kingdom All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the permission of the Publisher. ISBN 963-9 1 16-8 1-5 Cloth ISBN 963 91 16-82-3 Paperback Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A CIP catalog record for this book is available upon request ~~ CONTENTS List of Tables List of Figures vii X Introduction: The Constrained Plurality of Stratification Systenls 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? 69 91 107 129 145 Conclusions: Modern and Traditional Social Structures 159 Appendix 167 References 173 Index of Authors 183 9 25 45 This Page Intentionally Left Blank L I S T OF T A B L E S Table 1. Distribution of socio-occupational categories for father’s father, father, respondent’s first job, and respondent’s occupation in 1988 andin 1993. Men. Bulgaria Table 2. Distribution of socio-occupational categories for father’s father, father, respondent’s first job, and respondent’s occupation in 1988 and in 1993. Men. Czech Republic Table 3. Distribution of socio-occupational categories for father’s father, father, respondent’s first job, andrespondent’s occupation in 1988 and in 1993. Men. Hungary Table 4. Distribution of socio-occupational categories for father’s father, father, respondent’s first job, and respondent’s occupation in 1988 and in 1994. Men. Poland Table 5. Distribution of socio-occupational categories for father’s father, father, respondent’s first job, and respondent’s occupation in 1988 and in 1993. Men. Russia Table 6. Distribution of socio-occupational categories for father’s father, father, respondent’s first job, and respondent’s occupation in 1988 andin 1993. Men. Slovakia Table 7. Total mobility rates. Percentages of mobile men in 19481952and1952-1963,andin1983-1988and1988-1993 Table 8. Results of fitting models to three-way men’s tables of origin category by destination ca