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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Vladimir Mikhalev is with Oxford International Associates.
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The transition from state socialism to market economies requires understanding of the nature of new societies emerging in the course of this transformation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
political capitalism theory, new grand bourgeoisie, market transition theory, political capitalism thesis, economic elite positions, social transfer system, nomenklatura positions, budgetary sector, bureaucratic capital, active earners, base stratum, new economic elite, earning chances, wage arrears, status group memberships, recombinant property, constructed organizations, old nomenklatura, former nomenklatura, other transition economies, pensioner households, living minimum, service class, communist nomenklatura Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Czech Republic, Eastern Europe, Kyrgyz Republic, World Bank, Soviet Union, New York, Central Asia, East European, Central Europe, Communist Party, Russian Federation, Other Economic, Christy Glass, Statistical Yearbook, Max Weber, Living Standards Measurement Survey, Western Europe, Working Paper, Cambridge University Press, United Nations Development Programme, Discussion Paper, East Central, European University Institute, Moskovskie Novosti, Nodari Simonia New!
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The transition from state socialism to market economies requires understanding of the nature of new societies emerging in the course of this transformation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
political capitalism theory, new grand bourgeoisie, market transition theory, political capitalism thesis, economic elite positions, social transfer system, nomenklatura positions, budgetary sector, bureaucratic capital, active earners, base stratum, new economic elite, earning chances, wage arrears, status group memberships, recombinant property, constructed organizations, old nomenklatura, former nomenklatura, other transition economies, pensioner households, living minimum, service class, communist nomenklatura Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Czech Republic, Eastern Europe, Kyrgyz Republic, World Bank, Soviet Union, New York, Central Asia, East European, Central Europe, Communist Party, Russian Federation, Other Economic, Christy Glass, Statistical Yearbook, Max Weber, Living Standards Measurement Survey, Western Europe, Working Paper, Cambridge University Press, United Nations Development Programme, Discussion Paper, East Central, European University Institute, Moskovskie Novosti, Nodari Simonia New!
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- Income, Inequality, and Poverty During the Transition from Planned to Market Economy (World Bank Regional and Sectoral Studies) by Branko Milanovic on 4 pages
- Eastern Europe (Library of Nations) by the editors of Time-Life Books on page 132, page 149, and page 239
- Labour Market Dynamics in the Russian Federation by Centre for Cooperation With the Economies in Transition on page 72, and page 74
- Statistical Yearbook 2002-2004 (Multilingual Edition) by United Nations on page 173, and page 209
- Household Welfare in Central Asia by Jane Falkingham on page 257, and page 284
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