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Oсврт на српски превод приручника Друштвена стратификација у земљама БРИК – промене и перспективе
The review of Serbian translation of the handbook on Social stratification in BRIC countries - Changes and Perspectives

Author(s): Vera A. Vratuša Žunjić
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Social development, Social differentiation
Published by: Српско социолошко друштво
Keywords: BRIC countries; social stratification; social changes

Summary/Abstract: Serbian State Publisher of Textbooks from Belgrade once more confirmed its dedication to the mission of contributing to increase the quality of education and development of science and culture in Serbia through publishing important contemporary educational texts of high quality. Just one year after the World Scientific Publishing Co. in Singapore published the English original (2013), they offered to the domestic social science community and general public the Serbian translation of the results of the pioneering comparative research of Social stratification in BRIC countries - Changes and Perspectives, which was published in 2014 by Serbian State Publisher of Textbooks. This path breaking compendium edited leading sociologists with up to date research findings from China (Li Peilin, Institute for sociology of the Chinese academy of social sciences, CASS, 2005), Russia (M.K. Gorshkov, Institute for sociology of the Russian academy of sciences, RAS, 2009), Brazil (Celi Scalon, Federal University in Rio de Janeiro, 2009) and India (K.L. Sharma, National university in Jaepur, 2010). Mentioned editors gathered teams of researchers in respective countries. Only K.L. Sharma, wrote alone nine thematic chapters on: social stratification changes; working class; peasants; entrepreneurs; middle class; income inequality; educational inequality; consumption and class consciousness and values, paying special attention to castes specific to Indian society

  • Issue Year: 52/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 346-354
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English, Serbian
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