Irena Kogan is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bamberg. Her main research interests include social stratification, immigration and inequality in comparative perspective. Michael Gebel is a researcher at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES). His main research interests include labour market sociology, especially the school-to-work transition and the role of atypical employment.Clemens Noelke is a researcher at the MZES. His scientific interests include comparative labour market research, specifically labour market entry dynamics and the labour market consequences of structural change.

• Contents: Introduction ~ Walter Müller; Educational systems of Central and Eastern European countries ~ Irena Kogan; Labour markets in Central and Eastern Europe ~ Michael Gebel; Social protection, inequality and labour market risks in Central and Eastern Europe ~ Clemens Noelke; Bulgaria ~ Dobrinka Kostova; Czech Republic ~ Jana Strakova; Estonia ~ Ellu Saar and Kristina Lindemann; Hungary ~ Erzsébet Bukodi and Péter Róbert; Latvia ~ Ilze Trapenciere; Lithuania ~ Meilute Taljunaite; Poland ~ Anna Baranowska; Romania ~ Cristina Mocanu; Slovakia ~ Jan Kosta and Rastislav Bednarik; Slovenia ~ Angela Ivančič.

"Europe Enlarged is essential reading for anyone interested in the social transformation of Europe at the turn of the millennium. An understanding of this transformation is of great historical interest and will be of value for the future development of other countries." Robert Erikson, Professor of Sociology, Swedish Institute for Social Research

Irena Kogan is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bamberg. Her main research interests include social stratification, immigration and inequality in comparative perspective. Michael Gebel is a researcher at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES). His main research interests include labour market sociology, especially the school-to-work transition and the role of atypical employment.Clemens Noelke is a researcher at the MZES. His scientific interests include comparative labour market research, specifically labour market entry dynamics and the labour market consequences of structural change.

• Contents: Introduction ~ Walter Müller; Educational systems of Central and Eastern European countries ~ Irena Kogan; Labour markets in Central and Eastern Europe ~ Michael Gebel; Social protection, inequality and labour market risks in Central and Eastern Europe ~ Clemens Noelke; Bulgaria ~ Dobrinka Kostova; Czech Republic ~ Jana Strakova; Estonia ~ Ellu Saar and Kristina Lindemann; Hungary ~ Erzsébet Bukodi and Péter Róbert; Latvia ~ Ilze Trapenciere; Lithuania ~ Meilute Taljunaite; Poland ~ Anna Baranowska; Romania ~ Cristina Mocanu; Slovakia ~ Jan Kosta and Rastislav Bednarik; Slovenia ~ Angela Ivančič.

"Europe Enlarged is essential reading for anyone interested in the social transformation of Europe at the turn of the millennium. An understanding of this transformation is of great historical interest and will be of value for the future development of other countries." Robert Erikson, Professor of Sociology, Swedish Institute for Social Research

Irena Kogan is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bamberg. Her main research interests include social stratification, immigration and inequality in comparative perspective. Michael Gebel is a researcher at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES). His main research interests include labour market sociology, especially the school-to-work transition and the role of atypical employment.Clemens Noelke is a researcher at the MZES. His scientific interests include comparative labour market research, specifically labour market entry dynamics and the labour market consequences of structural change.

• Contents: Introduction ~ Walter Müller; Educational systems of Central and Eastern European countries ~ Irena Kogan; Labour markets in Central and Eastern Europe ~ Michael Gebel; Social protection, inequality and labour market risks in Central and Eastern Europe ~ Clemens Noelke; Bulgaria ~ Dobrinka Kostova; Czech Republic ~ Jana Strakova; Estonia ~ Ellu Saar and Kristina Lindemann; Hungary ~ Erzsébet Bukodi and Péter Róbert; Latvia ~ Ilze Trapenciere; Lithuania ~ Meilute Taljunaite; Poland ~ Anna Baranowska; Romania ~ Cristina Mocanu; Slovakia ~ Jan Kosta and Rastislav Bednarik; Slovenia ~ Angela Ivančič.

"Europe Enlarged is essential reading for anyone interested in the social transformation of Europe at the turn of the millennium. An understanding of this transformation is of great historical interest and will be of value for the future development of other countries." Robert Erikson, Professor of Sociology, Swedish Institute for Social Research