Full Description
This book is about long-term changes to class and inequality in Poland. Drawing upon major social surveys, the team of authors from the Polish Academy of Sciences offer the rare comprehensive study of important changes to the social structure from the communist era to the present. The core argument is that, even during extreme societal transformations, key features of social life have long-lasting, stratifying effects. The authors analyse the core issues of inequality research that best explain "who gets what and why:" social mobility, status attainment and their mechanisms, with a focus on education, occupation, and income. The transition from communist political economy to liberal democracy and market capitalism offers a unique opportunity for scholars to understand how people move from one stratifi cation regime to the next. There are valuable lessons to be learned from linking past to present. Classic issues of class, stratification, mobility, and attainment have endured decades of radical social change. These concepts remain valid even when society tries to eradicate them.
Contents
List of Tables
Preface
Irina Tomescu-Dubrow, Kazimierz M. Słomczyński, Henryk Domański, Joshua Kjerulf Dubrow, Zbigniew Sawiński, and Dariusz Przybysz
Introduction: Dynamics of Class and Stratification in Poland
Irina Tomescu-Dubrow, Kazimierz M. Słomczyński, Henryk Domański, Joshua Kjerulf Dubrow, Zbigniew Sawiński, and Dariusz Przybysz
PART I: Class and Startification
Chapter 1: Polish Sociology and Investigations into Class and Stratification, 1945-2015
Kazimierz M. Słomczyński, Irina Tomescu-Dubrow, and Joshua K. Dubrow
Chapter 2: Class Structure and Social Stratification in Poland from the 1970s to the 2010s
Kazimierz M. Słomczyński and Irina Tomescu-Dubrow
PART II: Mobilty and Attainment
Chapter 3: Social Mobility and Systemic Changes in Class Structure: Analyzing Inflow-Outflow Tables with Different Origin and Destination Categories
Irina Tomescu-Dubrow and Kazimierz M. Słomczyński
Chapter 4: Social Mobility in Education and Occupation, 1982-2006
Henryk Domański, Bogdan W. Mach, and Dariusz Przybysz
Chapter 5: Social Change, Educational Expansion, and Inequality in Access to Education
Zbigniew Sawiński
Chapter 6: Determinants of Educational Inequality before and after the System Change
Irina Tomescu-Dubrow and Henryk Domański
PART III: Occupational Differentiation
Chapter 7: Occupational Classifications and Scales in Poland since the 1970s
Kazimierz M. Słomczyński, Henryk Domański, Zbigniew Sawiński, and Irina Tomescu-Dubrow
Chapter 8: Changes in Occupational Prestige, 1958-2008
Henryk Domański, Kazimierz M. Słomczyński, and Zbigniew Sawiński
PART IV: Class Analyses
Chapter 9: Class, Stratification, and the 2008 Economic Crisis from an Intersectional Perspective
Irina Tomescu-Dubrow and Joshua K. Dubrow
Chapter 10: Class Voting in Poland, 1991-2011
Dariusz Przybysz
Conclusion
Irina Tomescu-Dubrow, Kazimierz M. Słomczyński, Henryk Domański, Joshua Kjerulf Dubrow, Zbigniew Sawiński, and Dariusz Przybysz
Bibliography
Index
