摘要:The subject matter of this paper is the analysis of the Croatian society's structural strata and of the changes occurring within them. The analysis is founded upon the data collected from a representative sample of the adult population of Croatia by means of the structured questionnaire. The sample was constructed upon the results of the census conducted in 2001 and the research was carried out in the mid 2004 as the part of the project Sociological aspects of the network of settlements within the context of transition. The results giving foundation for the insight into the course of Croatia's integration in contemporary processes influenced by globalization are being examined: the analysis is being made of the family, educational and the newly established class structure, i.e. ownership structures, occupations, working statuses and economic activity branches (employment structures), Proportional sample of settlements within which the data were collected enabled the distribution of characteristics mentioned above with regard to the type of settlement to be particularly examined. The results of the research show comprehensive social re-structuring but as far as the scope and the degree of changes are concerned the characteristics researched are greatly various. The analysis showed that family and educational structures are highly resistant to changes within the process of the post-socialist transformation while economic activity branches and especially ownership structures are subject to greatest changes. And also not all types of settlements are equally affected by these changes. There is bigger or smaller systematic difference between urban and rural settlements, and Zagreb differs from all the other settlements by its characteristics. The author concludes that hierarchically organized network of settlements comprises various degrees of social density and, accordingly, various degrees of capacity for change.
关键词:social structure; types of settlements; exclusion; family life; ownership structure; education; working status; occupation; economic activity branch