The middle class in the Czech reforms: The interplay between policies and social stratification

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 397-416

  Večerník, Jiří ^a  

^a Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Income distribution; Middle class; Political attitudes; Social policy

Indexed keywords

CLASS; REFORM PROCESS; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL SEGREGATION;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 0342948767     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-067X(99)00016-1     Document Type: Article

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