Who Has Gotten Ahead after the Fall of Communism? The Case of the Czech Republic

Lim, Nelson; Mateju, Petr

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%T Who Has Gotten Ahead after the Fall of Communism? The Case of the Czech Republic
%A Lim, Nelson
%A Mateju, Petr
%J Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review
%N 2
%P 117-137
%V 3
%D 1995
%K Social Mobility
%= 2009-03-09T11:27:00Z
%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53827
%X Pierre Bourdieu's concept of various forms of capital are employed in a study of patterns of individual mobility in the postcommunist Czech Republic, drawing on secondary empirical data from a longitudinal study conducted by P. Mateju, M. Tucek, & L. Rezler (1991) in which 2,891 eighth-grade student questionnaires & 2,709 parent interviews were completed in 1989 & again in 1992. It is found that the former nomenklatura class has retained its social position due to its conversion of human & social capital into economic capital. However, a change from pre- to postcommunist society is detected in the increase of education as a facilitator of upward mobility. Finally, while cultural capital does not appear to significantly influence stratification, a strong relationship is found between social capital & upward mobility.
%C MISC
%G en
%9 journal article
%W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org
%~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info