Post-communist welfare pathways: theorizing social policy transformations in central and eastern europe

This book adopts novel theoretical approaches to study the diverse welfare pathways that have evolved across Central and Eastern Europe since the end of communism. It highlights the role of explanatory factors such as micro-causal mechanisms, power politics, path departure, and elite strategies. INDICE: 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 EastEuropean 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.Sirovátka ; M.Rákoczyová - CONCLUSIONS: - The Eastern European Welfare State in Comparative Perspective: S.Haggard; R.R.Kaufman - Epilogue: Lessons Learnt and Open Questions; C.Offe

• ISBN: 978-0-230-23026-2
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 29/10/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés