Postcommunist welfare states
Subtitle: reform politics in Russia and Eastern Europe
By: Linda J. Cook.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801445262
Subjects: Public welfare -- Russia (Federation); Public welfare -- Europe, Eastern; Welfare state -- Russia (Federation); Welfare state -- Europe, Eastern; Post-communism -- Russia (Federation); Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern; Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991-; Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : welfare states and postcommunist transitions; title: Old welfare state structures and reform strategies; title: Non-negotiated liberalization : decentralizing Russia's welfare state and moving it off-budget; title: Contested liberalization : Russia's politics of polarization and informalization; title: Welfare reform in Putin's Russia : negotiating liberalization within the elite; title: Comparing postcommunist welfare politics in Poland, Hungary, Kazakhstan, and Belarus; title: Conclusion : negotiating welfare in democratic and authoritarian transitions.