Post-communist welfare pathways

Titel: Post-communist welfare pathways : theorizing social policy tranformations in central and eastern Europe / edited by Alfio Cerami and ...
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Veröffentlicht: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Umfang: XV, 289 Seiten : Diagramme
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
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ISBN: 0230230261 ; 9780230230262
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X
Lokale Klassifikation: 31 13 J ; 31 13 Ka ; 31 7 Q ; 23 13 J ; 44 13 J
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • p. vii
  • Acknowledgements
  • p. ix
  • List of Contributors
  • p. x
  • 1
  • Introduction: Social Policy Pathways, Twenty Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall
  • p. 1
  • Part 1
  • Theoretical Background
  • 2
  • Social Policy in East Central Europe: Major Trends in the Twentieth Century
  • p. 17
  • 3
  • Mechanisms of Institutional Change in Central and Eastern European Welfare State Restructuring
  • p. 35
  • 4
  • Power, Order and the Politics of Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe
  • p. 53
  • Part II
  • Country Studies
  • 5
  • Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia: Adaptation and Reform of the Post-Communist 'Emergency Welfare States'
  • p. 73
  • 6
  • The Transformation of Welfare Systems in the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
  • p. 96
  • 7
  • Welfare State Transformations in Bulgaria and Romania
  • p. 112
  • Part III
  • Sectoral Analysis and Challenges
  • 8
  • Transnational Actors in Central and East European Pension Reforms
  • p. 129
  • 9
  • Elder Care Systems: Policy Transfer and Europeanization
  • p. 148
  • 10
  • The Impact of Minimum Income Guarantee Schemes in Central and Eastern Europe
  • p. 164
  • 11
  • Devolution of Social Protection Arrangements
  • p. 181
  • 12
  • The Impact of EU Social Inclusion Strategy: the Czech Case
  • p. 199
  • Concluding Remarks
  • 13
  • The Eastern European Welfare State in Comparative Perspective
  • p. 217
  • 14
  • Epilogue: Lessons Learnt and Open Questions
  • p. 237
  • Notes
  • p. 248
  • Bibliography
  • p. 256
  • Index
  • p. 287