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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Sociology</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Sociology</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Социология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2272</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-8897</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumamba</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">33220</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2272-2022-22-4-919-936</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Sociological lectures</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Социологический лекторий</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Wealth concentration and the ‘patrimonial middle class’ in the contemporary European-American civilization</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Концентрация имущества и «имущественный средний класс» в современной европейско-американской цивилизации</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Čižo</surname><given-names>E.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Чижо</surname><given-names>Эдмундс</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru">кандидат экономических наук, доцент кафедры экономики факультета социальных наук</bio><email>edmunds@chemi-pharm.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Menshikov</surname><given-names>V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Меньшиков</surname><given-names>Владимир</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru">доктор социологических наук, руководитель Центра социальных исследований Института гуманитарных и социальных наук</bio><email>vladimirs.mensikovs@du.lv</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kokarevica</surname><given-names>A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Кокаревича</surname><given-names>Анита</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru">кандидат экономических наук, доцент кафедры общественного здравоохранения и эпидемиологии</bio><email>anita.kokarevica@rsu.lv</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Selivanova-Fyodorova</surname><given-names>N.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Селиванова-Федорова</surname><given-names>Наталья</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru">кандидат экономических наук, преподаватель</bio><email>nsel15@inbox.lv</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Daugavpils University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Даугавпилсский университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Riga Stradinsh University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Рижский университет им. Страдыня</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff3"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">RISEBA University of Applied Sciences</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Высшая школа бизнеса, искусства и технологий «RISEBA»</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2022-12-30" publication-format="electronic"><day>30</day><month>12</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>22</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 22, NO4 (2022)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 22, №4 (2022)</issue-title><fpage>919</fpage><lpage>936</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2023-01-09"><day>09</day><month>01</month><year>2023</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2022, Čižo E., Menshikov V., Kokarevica A., Selivanova-Fyodorova N.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2022, Чижо Э., Меньшиков В., Кокаревича А., Селиванова-Федорова Н.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2022</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Čižo E., Menshikov V., Kokarevica A., Selivanova-Fyodorova N.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Чижо Э., Меньшиков В., Кокаревича А., Селиванова-Федорова Н.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/sociology/article/view/33220">https://journals.rudn.ru/sociology/article/view/33220</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The study aims at the comparative analysis of the trends in wealth concentration and formation of the ‘patrimonial middle class’ (the term by Piketty) in the countries of the contemporary European-American civilization (EAC). T. Piketty suggests that wealth concentration is increasing again (as in the 18th - 19th centuries), and the formation of the ‘patrimonial middle class’ is the most significant structural change in the long-term wealth distribution. The authors chose five parts of the EAC from West to East: USA, Western Europe, Latvia, Ukraine, and Russia. To measure and compare wealth inequality, the authors used statistical deciles: the top 10 % (including the top 1 %), the middle 40 % and the bottom 50 % of the population. 1995 and 2021 were chosen as time points for the diachronic analysis of the data from the World Inequality Database. The study results show that in different parts of the contemporary EAC, wealth concentration and the formation of the ‘patrimonial middle class’ differ in pace and sometimes in direction: from rapid concentration to deconcentration. Wealth concentration in the hands of the top 1 % of Americans has increased over the past 26 years from 28 % to 35 %, of Russians - from 21 % to 48 %. According to Piketty, such a situation (especially as in Russia) is a harbinger of social revolution. In terms of the wealth concentration level, Latvia and Ukraine represent an intermediate case between Western Europe and the USA/Russia. At the same time, the USA, Western Europe and Russia differ greatly in the cultural-value perspective. The authors question the united EAC in the 21st century and define it as split into an ‘initial core’ (European civilization) and two constantly conflicting ‘peripheries’ (American and Russian civilizations).</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Цель исследования - сравнительный анализ тенденций концентрации имущества и формирования «имущественного среднего класса» в странах современной европейско-американской цивилизации (далее - ЕАЦ). Т. Пикетти выдвинул гипотезу, что концентрация имущества вновь стала возрастать (как в XVIII-XIX веках), а формирование «имущественного среднего класса» является самым значительным структурным изменением в распределении богатства в долгосрочной перспективе. В качестве объекта исследования авторы выбрали пять территорий ЕАЦ: США, Западная Европа, Латвия, Украина, Россия. Инструментами измерения и сравнения имущественного неравенства стали статистические децили: верхние 10 % (включая верхний 1 %), срединные 40 % и нижние 50 %. 1995 и 2021 годы выбраны в качестве крайних временных точек для диахронного анализа. Источником эмпирической информации послужила Всемирная база данных по неравенству. Результаты исследования показали, что процессы концентрации имущества и формирования «имущественного среднего класса» в разных частях современной ЕАЦ проходят в разном темпе, а иногда и разнонаправленно: от стремительной концентрации до деконцентрации. Концентрация имущества в руках 1 % самых богатых американцев выросла за последние 26 лет с 28 % до 35 %, россиян - с 21 % до 48 %. По мнению Пикетти, такая ситуация является предвестником социальной революции. Латвия и Украина с точки зрения уровня концентрации имущества представляют некий промежуточный вариант между Западной Европой и США/Россией. При этом США, Западная Европа и Россия различаются в культурно-ценностном аспекте. Авторы ставят под сомнение существование в XXI веке единой ЕАЦ и считают ее расколотой на «исходное ядро» (европейскую цивилизацию) и два постоянно конфликтующих «периферийных крыла» (американскую и русскую цивилизации).</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>wealth concentration</kwd><kwd>‘patrimonial middle class’</kwd><kwd>statistical deciles</kwd><kwd>diachronic analysis</kwd><kwd>cultural dimensions by Hofstede</kwd><kwd>European-American civilization (EAC)</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>концентрация имущества</kwd><kwd>«имущественный средний класс»</kwd><kwd>статистические децили</kwd><kwd>диахронный анализ</kwd><kwd>культурные измерения по Хофстеде</kwd><kwd>европейско-американская цивилизация (ЕАЦ)</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Akaliyski P. United in diversity? The convergence of cultural values among EU member states and candidates. 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