Professor David Lane is an Emeritus Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, UK, and previously was Professor of Sociology at the University of Birmingham. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He has published widely on state socialist societies, the USSR, Marxism, elites, class and social stratification; his current research focuses on transformation, globalization, ‘varieties of capitalism’, neoliberalism, alternatives to capitalism, the enlargement of the European Union and the formation of the Eurasian Union.

• 1. The Impact of Marxist Ideas in Russia Before and After the October Revolution 2. Social Inequality: Soviet Sociology’s Interpretation of the Social Structure 3. Social Inequality: Hierarchy and Privilege 4. Social Mobility and Political Class 5. Class, Cleavage and Control 6. Conclusions

Professor David Lane is an Emeritus Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, UK, and previously was Professor of Sociology at the University of Birmingham. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He has published widely on state socialist societies, the USSR, Marxism, elites, class and social stratification; his current research focuses on transformation, globalization, ‘varieties of capitalism’, neoliberalism, alternatives to capitalism, the enlargement of the European Union and the formation of the Eurasian Union.

• 1. The Impact of Marxist Ideas in Russia Before and After the October Revolution 2. Social Inequality: Soviet Sociology’s Interpretation of the Social Structure 3. Social Inequality: Hierarchy and Privilege 4. Social Mobility and Political Class 5. Class, Cleavage and Control 6. Conclusions

Professor David Lane is an Emeritus Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, UK, and previously was Professor of Sociology at the University of Birmingham. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He has published widely on state socialist societies, the USSR, Marxism, elites, class and social stratification; his current research focuses on transformation, globalization, ‘varieties of capitalism’, neoliberalism, alternatives to capitalism, the enlargement of the European Union and the formation of the Eurasian Union.

• 1. The Impact of Marxist Ideas in Russia Before and After the October Revolution 2. Social Inequality: Soviet Sociology’s Interpretation of the Social Structure 3. Social Inequality: Hierarchy and Privilege 4. Social Mobility and Political Class 5. Class, Cleavage and Control 6. Conclusions