The topic of the review are the principal ideas of Z. Bauman´s book Globalisation. He tries to reveal social roots and social consequences of the globalisation process. Mobility is given a crucial importance as the most desired commodity. It implies power in the postmodern society. Unequal acces to mobility stratifies not only national societies, the world polarity between local and global rises. Local labour force depend more and more on the decisions of global investors.
Topic: globalisation, migration and mobility
The economic experiences and economic anxiety of rural and urban residents of the Czech and Slovak Republics during the postcommunist reforms are compared and related to their support for the reforms. The analysis is based on five national surveys, 1992–1996, collected by the Sociology Institute of the now Czech Academy of Sciences. Net of controls, both Czech and Slovak rural respondents report more economic strain and unemployment, a difference that persists over the surveys.
Topic: economics, urban and rural studies, transformation
Following the assumption that the middle class is important in the transition from communism to a democratic market society as its leading actor and guarantor of social integration, this paper presents evidence of the benefits it has gained from economic and social reforms. As these have turned out to be rather modest, it is likely that the middle class will be more reserved in its political support for a rigorous transformation.
Topic: economics, wages and incomes, social inequalities, social policy, transformation
Following the assumption that the middle classes are important in the transition from Communism to a democratic market society as its leading actor and guarantor of social integration, this paper presents evidence of the benefits they have gained from the economic and social reform. As these have turned out to be rather modest, it is warned that the middle classes will be more reserved in their political support for rigorous transformation.
Topic: economics, social inequalities, social policy, transformation
Topic: economics, wages and incomes, social policy, transformation
Post-Communist Party Systems examines democratic party competition in four post-communist polities in the mid- 1990's, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Polan d. Legacies of pre-communist rule turn out to play as much a role in accounting for differences as the institutional differences incorporated in the new democratic rules of the game.
Topic: politics (and political attitudes), elections (and polls)
This collection of essays summarizes one of the most fascinating developments of contemporary history: the peaceful revolution of the Central European nations from a long period of authoritarian regimes to Western democracy. It looks at the pre-Communist history of political parties and then examines the extent to which party politics has changed in the post-Cold War world.
Topic: politics (and political attitudes), elections (and polls)
This collection of essays summarizes one of the most fascinating developments of contemporary history: the peaceful revolution of the Central European nations from a long period of authoritarian regimes to Western democracy. It looks at the pre-Communist history of political parties and then examines the extent to which party politics has changed in the post-Cold War world.
Topic: politics (and political attitudes)
Topic: wages and incomes, work, education
Topic: wages and incomes, work, education
Topic: gender, family, education
Topic: media, sociology of science
Topic: politics (and political attitudes)
Topic: politics (and political attitudes)
Topic: social inequalities, standard of living
Topic: politics (and political attitudes), social policy
Topic: public policy
Topic: politics (and political attitudes)
Topic: elites, public policy
Topic: religion and religiosity
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