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End of Inequality?: Stratification Under State Socialism

By David Lane

End of Inequality?: Stratification Under State Socialism

By David Lane

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Penguin modern sociology Monographs are brief, authoritative studies of new developments and fresh areas of interest in sociology. They are commissioned from leading specialists and are based on original thinking and research. Future monographs are planned within the fields of social stratification, political sociology, urbanization, industrialization and the sociology of race. In October 1917 the Bolsheviks set out to build a society in which the structure of power would be radically altered, and all men live in harmony and equality. How far have the Soviet Union and the Eastern European states modelled on her succeeded in eradicating social inequalities? David Lane's study presents the available evidence on stratification in state socialist societies. His discussion ranges over such aspects as income and education differentials, the influence of the family, occupational prestige, racial discrimination and social mobility. He concludes that as long as the economic structure of society rests on the division of labour and the concentration of power, however derived, social inequality will remain a feature of relations between men.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
160
Release Date:
1971-09-20
Publication Date:
1971-09-20
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
0140802983
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