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Social Stratification in Central Europe

Part of the SpringerBriefs in Sociology Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-09458-3

ISBN: 978-3-031-09457-6

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Sep 1, 2022

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Chapter 1Introduction: Countries, Datasets, and Themes in Focus

Večerník, Jiří

Pages: 1 –10

[National sociologies in Central Europe have been significantly influenced by politics and thus have seen major changes over the past century. In the former Czechoslovakia—just like in Hungary, Poland, and Austria—sociology was rooted in the nineteenth century and had developed as a specific...
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Chapter 2Regime Change and Developments in the Main Dimensions of Social Structure

Večerník, Jiří

Pages: 11 –40

[This chapter examines the processes by which the transition to a market economy and political democracy converted itself into socio-economic structures in V4 countries. Figuratively speaking, three “revolutions” occurred: a “capitalist revolution”, which opened the door to free enterprise and in...
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Chapter 3The Development in Subjective Well-Being and Its Social Stratification

Večerník, Jiří

Pages: 41 –67

[There is a vast literature on subjective well-being (SWB), but little on its social differentiation from a comparative perspective. In post-communist countries, the impact of transition on citizens’ social status and well-being was studied in the late 1990s from the perspective of “winners” and...
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Chapter 4Setting Social Status in Couples and Partners’ Budgetary Discretion

Večerník, Jiří

Pages: 69 –92

[The conventional prism of social stratification research—in which the social position of the family unit is seen as being determined by the status of the male head of the household—has been challenged since the early 1970s. This approach has also been questioned by conventional economic research...
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Chapter 5Cultural Participation and Cultural Activities Stratified

Večerník, Jiří

Pages: 93 –118

[Cultural capital and cultural consumption are a frequent topic in sociological research. However, most studies only work with national data collected on small samples. In this chapter, we focus on indicators of how often the population attends cultural performances and visits cultural sites...
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Chapter 6Pre-retirement Socio-economic Status and Well-Being of Older Persons

Večerník, Jiří

Pages: 119 –139

[Most stratification research analyses only the economically active population given that the core indicator of stratification is derived from occupation. Retirees are treated, if at all, as a separate social category. However, economically inactive seniors are also socially differentiated,...
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Chapter 7Conclusion: New Opportunities for Empirical Research on Social Stratification

Večerník, Jiří

Pages: 141 –144

[The motives for this study have been threefold: to point out the socio-economic differences between and among five Central European countries, to use the available large-scale statistical surveys for sociological empirical research and to shed light on some previously neglected aspects of social...

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