Towards a Normal Stratification Order

Ellu Saar is a professor at the Institute for International and Social Studies, Tallinn University (Estonia). She coordinates the EU project ‘Towards a Lifelong Learning Society in Europe: The Contribution of the Education System’. Her research areas are social stratification and mobility, educational inequalities, and life course studies. She is a member of the Editorial Board of European Sociological Review and of the Steering Committee of the European Consortium for Sociological Research (ECSR).

• Contents: David Ost: Preface – Jelena Helemäe/Ellu Saar: An Introduction to Post-Socialist Transition in Estonia – Jelena Helemäe/Ellu Saar: Institutional and Ideological Foundations of Marketization – Margarita Kazjulja/Marii Paškov: Social Distance: Income Differences by Occupational Groups – Jelena Helemäe: Intragenerational mobility under conditions of rapid neoliberalization – Marge Unt: Youth Entry into the Labour Market and Early Career Outcomes – Ellu Saar/Kadri Täht/Marge Unt: Late Careers and Labour Market Exit to Retirement – Ellu Saar/Marge Unt: Entering and Leaving Self-employment: Structural Factors and Individual Choices – Margarita Kazjulja/Triin Roosalu: Achieving High Level Occupational Status: The Relevance of Social Network Capital – Rein Vöörmann: Educational Paths, Working Careers and Gender Segregation: The Winners’ Birth Cohort 1962-73 – Kristina Lindemann: The Labour Market Success of Ethnic Groups: the Reality and Perceived Perspectives – Ellu Saar: Changes in Intergenerational Social Mobility and Educational Inequality: A comparison of birth cohorts 1930 to 1974 – Eve-Liis Roosmaa/Heigo Plotnik: Distributive Justice Beliefs: Egalitarian versus Inegalitarian Principles – Heigo Plotni/ Ellu Saar: Explanations of the Causes of Poverty and Wealth – Jelena Helemäe/Kadri Täht: Changing Perception of Social Success in Estonia: Closer to a Meritocratic Ideal? – Ellu Saar: Evaluation of Income Differences – Marii Paškov: Perceived Fairness of the Existing Stratification Order – Kristina Lindemann: The Changing Perception of Social Position – Ellu Saar/Jelena Helemäe: Conclusions and Discussion.