Screen LibraryPost-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.
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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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. 'In this conceptually-sophisticated, richly-informed volume, Cerami and Vanhuysse bring together an exceptional group of scholars to debate path dependence and institutional transformation in CEE welfare states. The authors' impressive analysis of causal factors, including political elites' strategic use of social policy, makes the book an original and important contribution to the comparative welfare state literature.' - Professor Linda J. Cook, Dept. of Political Science, Brown University, USA 'This edited volume is extraordinarily good. The editors are venturing new grounds in the study w |
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Electronic book text. Originally published in: 2009. |
| Carrier Form: | 304 p. : 3 figures, 23. |
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9780230230262 9780230245808 : 0230245803 : |
| CLC: | D751.262 |
| Contents: | 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 S |