Life Chances of Social Actors in the Context of Societal Development in Slovakia – Subjective Dimension Cover Image

Životné šance sociálnych aktérov v kontexte spoločenského vývoja na Slovensku – subjektívna dimenzia
Life Chances of Social Actors in the Context of Societal Development in Slovakia – Subjective Dimension

Author(s): Gabriela Lubelcová, Milan Zeman
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Social development, Family and social welfare, Sociology of Culture, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Sociologický ústav - Slovenská akadémia vied
Keywords: Life chances; entitlements and provisions; mechanisms of life opportunities distribution; life success and their subjective reflection;

Summary/Abstract: The study focuses on the theme of life chances as an opportunity for a full-fledged life and people's livelihood. The first part of the paper focuses on the main conceptual frameworks of lifestyle chances. On the basis of these, an outline of the basic social mechanisms that decide on the real distribution of the life chances of social actors is formulated. Key are presented: performance-distributive, redistributive, control and sociable mechanisms. The second part of the contribution focuses on the analysis of subjective perceptions of life opportunities through a secondary analysis of selected relevant issues from international ISSP research showing subjective assessment of the possibilities and factors of life success and self-realization of people during the transformation development of Slovak society.

  • Issue Year: 51/2019
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 455-482
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Slovak