Social and Economic Inequality in the Soviet Union

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-03819-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 493 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

This title was first published in 1977. The Soviet Union is a socially divided society. The collectivities of which it is composed, whether designated as classes, strata, or "socio-occupational groups" (a term favored in recent Soviet writings on social structure), exhibit systematic differences in incomes and living standards, in control over the organization of the work place, in the educational and occupational opportunities open to their children. But what is new is that the social and economic inequalities which permeate Soviet life have become, within limits of course, accessible to study and discussion by Soviet scholars. The principal public justification for the study of inequality is the Party’s need for reliable information to implement its function of "scientific management" of the relations between the main social groups in Soviet society. This volume is a collection of six studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yanowitch, Murray

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Soviet Conceptions of Social Structure 2. Differentiation of Incomes 3. Social Inequality in Access to Schooling 4. Some Aspects of Social Mobility 5. Hierarchy at the Work Place and Participation in Management 6. A Note on Sexual Stratification

Über Autor(innen)

Murray Yanowitch is currently Professor of Economics at Hofstra University. Educated at Columbia University, he has published numerous articles on Soviet affairs and co-editor of journals.