Post-Communist Welfare Pathways: Theoriz
β Alfio Cerami, Pieter Vanhuysse (eds.)
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2009
π Palgrave Macmillan UK
π English
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Post-Communist Welfare Pathways: Theorizing Social Policy Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe
β Scribed by Alfio Cerami, Pieter Vanhuysse
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- 2009
- Tongue
- English
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- 306
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β¦ Synopsis
This book adopts novel theoretical approaches to study the diverse welfare pathways that have been evolving across Central and Eastern Europe. Beyond existing path dependency and neo-institutionalist explanations, it highlights the role of explanatory factors such as micro-causal mechanisms, power politics, path departure, and elite strategies.
β¦ Table of Contents
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures and Tables......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
List of Contributors......Page 11
1 Introduction: Social Policy Pathways, Twenty Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall......Page 18
Part I: Theoretical Background......Page 32
2 Social Policy in East Central Europe: Major Trends in the Twentieth Century......Page 34
3 Mechanisms of Institutional Change in Central and Eastern European Welfare State Restructuring......Page 52
4 Power, Order and the Politics of Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe......Page 70
Part II: Country Studies......Page 88
5 Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia: Adaptation and Reform of the Post-Communist βEmergency Welfare Statesβ......Page 90
6 The Transformation of Welfare Systems in the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania......Page 113
7 Welfare State Transformations in Bulgaria and Romania......Page 129
Part III: Sectoral Analysis and Challenges......Page 144
8 Transnational Actors in Central and East European Pension Reforms......Page 146
9 Elder Care Systems: Policy Transfer and Europeanization......Page 165
10 The Impact of Minimum Income Guarantee Schemes in Central and Eastern Europe......Page 181
11 Devolution of Social Protection Arrangements......Page 198
12 The Impact of the EU Social Inclusion Strategy: the Czech Case......Page 216
Concluding Remarks......Page 232
13 The Eastern European Welfare State in Comparative Perspective......Page 234
14 Epilogue: Lessons Learnt and Open Questions......Page 254
Notes......Page 265
Bibliography......Page 273
G......Page 304
P......Page 305
W......Page 306
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