The Persistence of Status Advantages in Soviet Russia

The Soviet regime came to power in 1917 with a program of improving the opportunities for occupational success of the former "exploited" class at the expense of the former "exploiting" class. At first, sociocultural factors inherited from pre-Revolutionary society, together with...

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Published in:The American journal of sociology 1953-07, Vol.59 (1), p.19-27
Main Author: Feldmesser, Robert A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Five year plans
Hostility
Intelligentsia
Manual labor
Occupational Mobility
Peasant class
Political revolutions
Proletariat
Russia
Scope of employment
Social conditions
Social status
Soviet Russia
Status Attainment
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Workers
Workforce
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Summary:The Soviet regime came to power in 1917 with a program of improving the opportunities for occupational success of the former "exploited" class at the expense of the former "exploiting" class. At first, sociocultural factors inherited from pre-Revolutionary society, together with functional imperatives of the new society, largely defeated efforts toward this goal. Later, upon industrialization, the need for nonmanual specialists was so great as to reduce differences in opportunities, but the descendants of the former "exploiting" classes continued to enjoy greater chances of getting nonmanual occupations.
ISSN:0002-9602
1537-5390
DOI:10.1086/221261