This unique collection studies and compares emerging social structures in transitional societies and discusses the life of the large majority of workers (farmers and state-sector employees as well as the bottom of socially deprived and marginalized people). The contributors look into causes of high inequality and poverty in Russia and other CIS countries, as well as more equal income distribution and higher levels of social welfare in Central Europe.
| ISBN: | 9781403908018 |
| Publication date: | 24th June 2003 |
| Author: | Vladimir Mikhalev, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 313 pages |
| Series: | Studies in Development Economics and Policy |
| Genres: |
Development economics and emerging economies |