Towards a Normal Stratification Order : Actual and Perceived Social Stratification in Post-Socialist Estonia

Ellu Saar

ISBN 10: 3631603541 / ISBN 13: 9783631603543

Published by Peter Lang, 2010

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - From a historical perspective, the period between the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989) until the Wall Street crash of 2008 was brief, but the social changes were far-reaching and resulted in the profound alteration of institutional frameworks of post-socialist societies in Central and East European countries, e.g. Estonia. This book examines the transformation of Estonian society, concentrating on changes in the stratification order. The (re)distribution of the risks and opportunities between different groups in Estonian society, the 'most neoliberal' in the European Union, and the perceptions about fairness of the most radical changes in post-socialist world are the main issues of this volume.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Towards a Normal Stratification Order : Actual and Perceived Social Stratification in Post-Socialist Estonia
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631603541
• ISBN 13: 9783631603543
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 34D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 34 millimeters depth
• Weight: 830 grams

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Synopsis

From a historical perspective, the period between the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989) until the Wall Street crash of 2008 was brief, but the social changes were far-reaching and resulted in the profound alteration of institutional frameworks of post-socialist societies in Central and East European countries, e.g. Estonia. This book examines the transformation of Estonian society, concentrating on changes in the stratification order. The (re)distribution of the risks and opportunities between different groups in Estonian society, the ‘most neoliberal’ in the European Union, and the perceptions about fairness of the most radical changes in post-socialist world are the main issues of this volume.

About the Author

Ellu Saar is a professor at the Institute for International and Social Studies, Tallinn University (Estonia). She coordinates the EU project ‘Towards a Lifelong Learning Society in Europe: The Contribution of the Education System’. Her research areas are social stratification and mobility, educational inequalities, and life course studies. She is a member of the Editorial Board of European Sociological Review and of the Steering Committee of the European Consortium for Sociological Research (ECSR).