Post-Communist Welfare Pathways: Theorizing Social Policy Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe

By Pieter Vanhuysse and Alfio Cerami

Book Overview

Introduction: Social Policy Pathways, Twenty Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall; A.Cerami & P.Vanhuysse PART I: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND Social Policy in East Central Europe: Major Trends in the 20th Century; D.Szikra & B.Tomka Mechanisms of Institutional Change in Central and Eastern European Welfare State; A.Cerami Power, Order and the Politics of Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe; P.Vanhuysse PART II: COUNTRY STUDIES Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia: Adaptation and Reform of the Post-Communist Emergency Welfare States; T.Inglot The Transformation of Welfare Systems in the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania; J.Aidukaite Welfare State Transformations in Bulgaria and Romania; A.Cerami & S.Stanescu PART III: SECTORAL ANALYSIS AND CHALLENGES Transnational Actors in Central and East European Pension Reforms; M.Orenstein Elder Care Systems: Policy Transfer and Europeanization; H.Theobald & K.Kern The Impact of Minimum Income Guarantee Schemes in Central and Eastern Europe; C.Rat Devolution of Social Protection Arrangements; N.van Mechelen & V.De Maerschalck The Impact of the EU Social Inclusion Strategy: the Czech Case; T.Sirov?tka & M.R?koczyov? CONCLUSIONS: The Eastern European Welfare State in Comparative Perspective: S.Haggard & R.R.Kaufman Epilogue: Lessons Learnt and Open Questions; C.Offe

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349311294
• ISBN13: 9781349311293
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 289 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"