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Abstract
The analysis aims to determine which of the six East-European nations, most closely fit the typical patterns of social stratification in Western societies. The comparison is made with respect to four criteria: 1) rules of distributive meritocracy; 2) shape of socio-occupational ladder; 3) dynamics of occupational mobility in the 1990s; 4) level of incomes. In order to answer these questions the author refers to data based on national 1993-1994 samples coming from: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia and Slovakia. The analyses show that some regularities emerge with the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland being most highly advanced on the road to the market society and Russia located on the opposite pole.
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