Social Stratification and Moblity in the USSR

Introduction

This title was first published in 1973.

Significance of Selections

The selections from Soviet sociological literature presented in this volume are significant from at least three standpoints.

First

They reveal the extent to which the issue of social and economic inequality has become a subject for legitimate public discussion in the Soviet Union.

Second

These selections offer the reader a means of appraising the quality of work in what, under Soviet conditions, is the formative period of a new intellectual discipline.

Third

The selections provide abundant empirical evidence bearing on the forms and degrees of inequality currently found in Soviet society.