Social Stratification Profile of Contemporary Georgian Society

Abstract

The article deals with the social stratification structure of contemporary Georgia society. Such important issues as the post-Soviet transformation of the stratification structure of Georgian society and the main factors determining its contemporary social profile are discussed from the viewpoint of social sciences. The idea that the social stratification structure of contemporary society is characterized by pathology expressed in the article is argued via analysis of the factual material given in the article. In the article, the above-mentioned problem is analyzed from the theoretical-sociological aspect. The authors admit that Georgian sociological literature is not abundant in the analysis of such problems, therefore works of the Georgian authors in the sphere of economical sciences are used (P. Gugushvili and others). According to the conclusion drawn on thebasis of theoretical-sociological analysis and description of the social-stratification structure of the contemporary Georgian society, we are facing a social pathology which, first of all, is confirmed by the scarcity of middle-class representatives.Comprehension of the actuality of this social problem and the necessity of solving it constitute the scientific pathos of the article. Keywords: Contemporary Georgian society, social stratification, stratification structure, transformation, social layers – upper, middle lower, stratification factors, pathological stratification. JEL Codes: A10, A13, A19