Social Justice and Inequalities. A Contribution to the Research on Social Stratification in Urban Areas

U radu se razmatraju neki aspekti primjene ideje »socijalne pravde« u proučavanju fenomena stratifikacije u urbanim sredinama. Raspravlja se najprije o osnovnim pojmovima stratifikacije, diferencijacije, segregacije, rezidencijalne segregacije, »sive zone« i sl. Proučavanje rezidencijalne segregacije vrši se kroz korištenje dva para pojmova: homogenizacija/heterogenitet, pri čemu se segregacija nalazi utoliko prisutnijom, ukoliko dolazi do neslučajne homogenizacije. Podaci iz popisa stanovništva 1971. i 1981. godine pokazuju da se i u Zagrebu može konstatirati neslučajna homogenizacija. Obrazac koji se utvrđuje je slijedeći: segregacija je obilježena disperziranim obilježjima, a ne eventualnom koncentracijom isključivo jednog ili samo nekih slojeva u nekim rezidencijalnim prostorima. Takav obrazac razlikuje se od do sada utvrđenih i tipičnih. U zaključnom dijelu ovog rada konstatira se da apstraktni princip »socijalne pravde« očigledno nije moguće uvijek i s uspjehom primjenjivati, jer bi implicirao redistribuciju čiji se subjekti, a ni mehanizmi ne mogu precizno odrediti.In the article the author discusses some important aspects of the application of the idea of »social justice« in the research of social stratification in urban areas. The author discusses at the beginning basic notions such as stratification, differentiation, segregation, residential segregation, »-grey zone«, etc. The author uses two basic terms when discussing residential segregation — the notions of homogenization and heterogeneity. The data from the census taken in 1971. and 1981. show that a specific pattern of social segregation exists in Zagreb too. Strangely enough, segregation is not a concentrated, but »dispersed« one, which means that one would not find in Zagreb strong concentration of some social strata only in some parts of the city and the other strata in another parts. This pattern is rather strange and is not to be found in every urban setting. To show the real situation in a more clear way, the author chooses two basic pairs of municipalities of Zagreb when discussing the data — the »elite« and »periphery« ones. Concluding his paper, the author argues that the principles of »social justice« are to be applied with great difficulties when redistribution of wealth is involved and the subject and criteria of redistribution are unknowo