The transition from socialism to capitalism has led to divergingudsocioeconomic outcomes for the Post-Communist countries of Central andudEastern Europe (CEE). While common social problems of capitalist societies wereudvirtually unknown prior to the collapse of socialism, they have been on the increaseudsince the introduction of comprehensive market-oriented reforms. The objectiveudof our article is to investigate the impact of the rising inequality in income inudCEE and the effects of distinct trajectories on the change of individual orientationsudtoward social inequality in Post-Communist East Europe. We present statisticaluddata on structural changes and apply linear and logistic regression on data fromudthe ISSP survey 2009 on the perception of social inequality. Our findings suggestudthat both individual and structural conditions are relevant for attitudes related toudinequality. First, objective inequality itself is not associated with individuallyudperceived income differences. Second, different Post-Communist welfare regimesudindicate an effect on such perceptions as well as on the individuals’ assessment ofudthe society they live in. Further, the socioeconomic position affects the attitudesudtoward a redistribution policy.
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