Welfare States in Transition

by Irwin L. Collier

Social policy in East and West finds itself today in the middle of a fundamental transition. The former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the successor states to the former Soviet Union are attempting to create the institutions needed for a modern market economy and a modern democratic welfare state. At the same time, the mature welfare states of Europe are struggling to solve the contemporary financial crisis of their systems...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333738454
• ISBN13: 9780333738450
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"