Empirical Research on Social Stratification in the Visegrád Countries: An Overview.

0570710 - SOÚ 2024 RIV PL eng J - Journal Article
Nešpor, Zdeněk - Večerník, Jiří
Empirical Research on Social Stratification in the Visegrád Countries: An Overview.
Polish Sociological Review. Roč. 221, č. 1 (2023), s. 3-26. ISSN 1231-1413. E-ISSN 2657-4276
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA18-09220S
Institutional support: RVO:68378025
Keywords : empirical research * social stratification * Visegrád countries * comparative surveys
OECD category: Sociology
Impact factor: 0.6, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
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This article outlines developments in empirical research on social stratification in the four countries constituting currently the Visegrád Group (V4). Sociology has been developing, if unevenly, as a discipline in these countries since the 19th or early 20th century. Empirical research on social stratification, based on data collected in large surveys, started here by the mid-1960s, first in Poland, then in Hungary, and later in the former Czechoslovakia. In spite of the ideological pressure of the communist regimes in all of these countries, the conditions for sociological studies were much better in Poland and Hungary than in Czechoslovakia, where such research was frozen for a long time after the communist putsch of 1948 and again after the Soviet occupation in 1968. After 1990, this kind of research enjoyed an energetic new start in all the post-communist countries, as they opened fully to the West and integrated into international networks. In addition, comparative research within the V4 region started with the challenging project “Social Stratification in Eastern Europe after 1989.” Many national surveys were conducted and East-West cooperation intensified. Currently, most empirical research on social stratification occurs on a national or bilateral basis, or is developed within larger European projects.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0342035