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Inequality and social structure during the transition / edited by Vladimir Mikhalev.
LIBRA HN380.7.Z9 S63 2003
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Van Pelt Library HN380.7.Z9 S63 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in development economics and policy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social stratification--Europe, Eastern.
- Social stratification.
- Social stratification--Former Soviet republics.
- Social structure--Europe, Eastern.
- Social structure.
- Social structure--Former Soviet republics.
- Income distribution--Europe, Eastern.
- Income distribution.
- Post-communism--Social aspects.
- Post-communism.
- Eastern Europe.
- Income distribution--Former Soviet republics.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 313 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan in association with The United Nations University/World Institute for Development Economics Research, 2003.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 140390801X
- OCLC:
- 51264517
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