Post-Communist Welfare Pathways [electronic resource] : Theorizing Social Policy Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe /
Cerami, Alfio.author.
Vanhuysse, Pieter.author.
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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Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction: Social Policy Pathways, Twenty Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall; Part I: Theoretical Background; Part II: Country Studies; Part III: Sectoral Analysis and Challenges; Concluding Remarks; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-286) and index.
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.
Social policy.
Political sociology.
Ethnology—Europe.
Welfare state.
European Union.
Social service .
Social Policy.
Political Sociology.
European Culture.
Politics of the Welfare State.
European Union Politics.
Social Care.