Materijalni položaj domaćinstava u Srbiji u periodu konsolidacije kapitalističkog poretka

Abstract

O promenama materijalnog položaja osnovnih društvenih grupa tokom kapitalističke transformacije u Srbiji pišu u studiji Ž. Manić i A. Mirkov.

The subject of analysis in this paper is the economic position of households under conditions of contemporary social changes in Serbia. The main goal is to determine the level of economic position of the population, as well as its changes, during gradual consolidation of the capitalist order. The study is primarily based on the data collected in research survey on everyday life of households and individuals, realised in 2018 by the Institute for Sociological Research of the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Philosophy on a representative sample of the population in Serbia. The data of comparable surveys conducted in 2003 and 2012 are also used, thus enabling the analysis of changes in economic positions in the context of accelerated post-socialist transformation and the global economic crisis, followed by a gradual stabilization of the capitalist order. First, indicators of three basic dimensions of economic position of households are analysed: income from different sources, immovable and movable property and consumption. Then, overall economic positions of households are examined using a synthetic index composed of all its three dimensions, on a five-level interval scale. Comparability of the data in a time perspective allows for conclusions on the economic aspect of changes in basic social structures in Serbia during the first two decades of the 21st century. Results of the analysis show that the economic position of households in Serbia has improved in the period of capitalist consolidation, compared to the period of economic crisis, but that it is still lower than in the first years of accelerated post-socialist transformation. The same conclusion applies to the analysis of change in the economic position of every single social class/stratum. Additionally, it is noticed that economic differentiation between social strata increased during the recession and slightly decreased in the period of economic recovery.