Social Structure and Inequalities in Old Socialism and New Capitalism in Hungary

Zsuzsa Ferge

doi:10.1556/revsoc.8.2002.2.1

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Review of Sociology

Volume/Issue:: Volume 8: Issue 2

Social Structure and Inequalities in Old Socialism and New Capitalism in Hungary

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Zsuzsa Ferge

Zsuzsa Ferge Institute of Sociology and Social Policy, Eötvös Loránd University Szociálpolitikai Tanszék Budapest, Pázmány sétány 1/a. H-1117

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Pages:: 9–33

Online Publication Date:: 22 Jul 2005

Publication Date:: 01 Dec 2002

Article Category:: Journal Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1556/revsoc.8.2002.2.1

Keywords:: poverty; exclusion; social inequalities

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The structure of state socialism was stifled by totalitarian power yet inequalities persisted. The stratification by the 'character of the work done', a combination of power/authority, knowledge, working conditions etc. was veiled by the official ideology about the near-equality of two 'classes' and about the abolition of poverty. Social inequalities were studied in the 1960s and 1980s in these terms, showing a structure that was shifting upwards in two decades, where social distances decreased in some respects, but where the reproduction of inequalities already started, and the lack of freedom was increasingly keenly felt. The structure of new capitalism seems to b based on capital ownership and the position on the labor market, though the old professional categories still have some validity. The new structure produces much larger inequalities and new forms of poverty. The threat of lasting poverty and exclusion looms large.

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Review of Sociology

Print ISSN:: 1417-8648

Online ISSN:: 1588-2845

Review of Sociology
Language	English
Year of Foundation	2000
Publication Programme	ceased
Founder	A Magyar Szociológiai Társaság -- Hungarian Sociological Association
Founder's Address	H-1097 Budapest, Hungary Tóth Kálmán u.4.
Publisher	Akadémiai Kiadó
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ISSN	1417-8648 (Print)
ISSN	1588-2845 (Online)