The Kalamari Union: Middle Class in East and West (Paperback)

Part 1. Entrepreneurs. 1. Transformation of the Estonian Enterprise Sector from a Planned System towards Market Economy. Kari Liuhto. 2. ‘New Russians’ and Social Change. Johan Backman. 3. Entrepreneurs in Contemporary Political Structures. Galina Eremicheva and Nina Solovieva. 4. Petty Production in Baltic Agriculture: Estonian and Lithuanian Models. Ilkka Alanen. 5. Attitudes towards Privatization: Winners and Losers. Meilute Taljunaite and Aleksandras Cesnavicius. Part 2. Wage-Earning Middle Classes in Formation. 6. Formation of Class Structure under Conditions of Radical Social Change: An East European Experience. Kazimierz M. Slomczynski. 7. The New Middle Strata in Modern Russia. Vladimir Ilyin. 8. Non-Identical Twins: The Formation of the Middle Class in Israel. Amir Ben-Porat. 9. Intragenerational Mobility and Middle Class Formation in Estonia. Ellu Saar and Jelena Helemae. Part 3. Managers and Professionals. 10. A Russian Middle Class in Formation? Social Strata and Sectional Trade Unionism in the Aviation and Coal Industries. Peter Fairbrother. 11. Managerial Change in Estonia. Harri Melin. 12. On Transition to the Middle Class: Professional Strategies of Young Intellectuals in Russia. Victoria Semenova. 13. The Fate of Party Functionaries in Post-Soviet Russia. Alla Bystrova. 14. The Middle Classes in the Baltic States ? Theoretical Starting Points. Markku Kivinen. Part 4. Identity and Lifestyle of the Middle Classes. 15. The Middle Class and Civil Society. Mihail Chernysh. 16. Capitalism and Democracy in Two Baltic Countries. Jouko Nikula. 17. Class Differences in Consciousness and Reproduction in the Baltic Countries. Raimo Blom. 18. Increasing Differences? Social Background and the Breakthrough of Affluence in Finland 1955-1966. Timo Toivonen. 19. From Status to Class: The Emergence of a Class Society in Russia. Timo Piirainen.