Recent social trends in Bulgaria, 1960-1995

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Genov, Nikolaĭ, Krŭsteva, Anna
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001.
Series:Comparative charting of social change.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 0.1 Demographic Trends 33
  • 0.2 Macro-economic Trends 42
  • 0.3 Macro-technological Trends 54
  • 1 Age Groups
  • 1.1 Youth 62
  • 1.2 Elders 68
  • 2 Microsocial
  • 2.1 Self-identification 72
  • 2.2 Kinship Networks 77
  • 2.3 Community and Neighbourhood Types 83
  • 2.4 Local Autonomy 91
  • 2.5 Voluntary Associations 99
  • 2.6 Sociability Networks 104
  • 3 Women
  • 3.1 Female Roles 107
  • 3.2 Childbearing 112
  • 3.3 Matrimonial Models 116
  • 3.4 Women's Employment 122
  • 3.5 Reproductive Technologies 136
  • 4 Labour Market
  • 4.1 Unemployment 138
  • 4.2 Skills and Occupational Levels 142
  • 4.3 Types of Employment 147
  • 4.4 Sectors of the Labour Force 153
  • 4.5 Computerization of Work 158
  • 5 Labour and Management
  • 5.1 Work Organization 162
  • 5.2 Personnel Administration 166
  • 5.3 Sizes and Types of Enterprises 173
  • 6 Social Stratification
  • 6.1 Occupational Status 180
  • 6.2 Social Mobility 192
  • 6.3 Economic Inequality 198
  • 6.4 Social Inequality 206
  • 7 Social Relations
  • 7.1 Conflict 218
  • 7.2 Negotiation 224
  • 7.3 Norms of Conduct 230
  • 7.4 Authority 235
  • 7.5 Public Opinion 243
  • 8 State and Service Institutions
  • 8.1 Educational System 247
  • 8.2 Health System 254
  • 8.3 Welfare System 259
  • 8.4 The State 265
  • 9 Mobilizing Institutions
  • 9.1 Labour Unions 269
  • 9.2 Religious Institutions 276
  • 9.3 The Military 281
  • 9.4 Political Parties 289
  • 9.5 Mass Media 294
  • 10 Institutionalization of Social Forces
  • 10.1 Dispute Settlement 302
  • 10.2 Institutionalization of Labour Unions 307
  • 10.3 Social Movements 311
  • 10.4 Interest Groups 317
  • 11 Ideologies and Beliefs
  • 11.1 Political Differentiation 325
  • 11.2 Confidence in Institutions 331
  • 11.3 Economic Orientations 336
  • 11.4 Radicalism 341
  • 11.5 Religious Beliefs 347
  • 12 Household Resources
  • 12.1 Personal and Family Income 353
  • 12.2 Informal Economy 359
  • 12.3 Personal and Family Wealth 362
  • 13 Life-Style
  • 13.1 Market Goods and Services 367
  • 13.2 Mass Information 375
  • 13.3 Personal Health and Beauty Practices 382
  • 13.4 Time Use 386
  • 13.5 Daily Mobility 389
  • 13.6 Household Production 392
  • 13.7 Forms of Erotic Expression 395
  • 13.8 Mood-altering Substances 401
  • 14 Leisure
  • 14.1 Amount and Use of Free Time 409
  • 14.2 Vacation Patterns 413
  • 14.3 Athletics and Sports 415
  • 14.4 Cultural Activities and Practices 418
  • 15 Educational Attainment
  • 15.1 General Education 426
  • 15.2 Vocational and Professional Education 431
  • 15.3 Continuing Education 439
  • 16 Integration and Marginalization
  • 16.1 Ethnic Minorities 440
  • 16.2 Crime and Punishment 448
  • 16.3 Emotional Disorders and Self-destructive Behaviour 459
  • 16.4 Poverty 465
  • 17 Attitudes and Values
  • 17.1 Satisfaction 470
  • 17.2 Perceptions of Social Problems 476
  • 17.3 Orientations to the Future 479
  • 17.4 Values 483
  • 17.5 National Identity 489.