Post-communist welfare pathways
Subtitle: theorizing social policy transformations in Central and Eastern Europe
By: edited by Alfio Cerami, Pieter Vanhuysse
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780230230262
Description: "This book adopts novel theoretical approaches to study the diverse welfare pathways that have been evolving across Central and Eastern Europe. Beyond existing path dependency and neo-institutionalist explanations, it highlights the role of explanatory factors such as micro-causal mechanisms, power politics, path departure, and elite strategies"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction * PART I: Theoretical Background * Social Policy in East Central Europe: Major Trends in the 20th Century; D. Szikra &; title: B. Tomka * Mechanisms of Institutional Change in Central and Eastern European Welfare State; title: A. Cerami * Power, Order and the Politics of Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe; title: P. Vanhuysse * PART II: Country Studies * Czech Rep., Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia: Adaptation and Reform of the Post-Communist Emergency Welfare States; title: T. Inglot * The Transformation of Welfare Systems in the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania; title: J. Aidukaite * Welfare State Transformations in Bulgaria and Romania; title: A. Cerami &; title: S. Stanescu* PART III: Sectoral Analysis and Challenges * Transnational Actors in Central and East European Pension Reforms; title: M. Orenstein * Elder Care Systems: Policy Transfer and Europeanization; title: H. Theobald &; title: K. Kern * The Impact of Minimum Income Guarantee Schemes in Central and Eastern Europe; title: C. Rat * Devolution of Social Protection Arrangements; title: N. van Mechelen &; title: V. De Maerschalck * The Impact of the EU Social Inclusion Strategy: the Czech Case; title: T. Sirovtka &; title: M. Rkoczyov * CONCLUSIONS: The Eastern European Welfare State in Comparative Perspective: S. Haggard &; title: R. R. Kaufman * Epilogue; title: C. Offe Introduction * PART I: Theoretical Background * Social Policy in East Central Europe: Major Trends in the 20th Century; D. Szikra &; title: B. Tomka * Mechanisms of Institutional Change in Central and Eastern European Welfare State; title: A. Cerami * Power, Order and the Politics of Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe; title: P. Vanhuysse * PART II: Country Studies * Czech Rep., Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia: Adaptation and Reform of the Post-Communist Emergency Welfare States; title: T. Inglot * The Transformation of Welfare Systems in the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania; title: J. Aidukaite * Welfare State Transformations in Bulgaria and Romania; title: A. Cerami &; title: S. Stanescu* PART III: Sectoral Analysis and Challenges * Transnational Actors in Central and East European Pension Reforms; title: M. Orenstein * Elder Care Systems: Policy Transfer and Europeanization; title: H. Theobald &; title: K. Kern * The Impact of Minimum Income Guarantee Schemes in Central and Eastern Europe; title: C. Rat * Devolution of Social Protection Arrangements; title: N. van Mechelen &; title: V. De Maerschalck * The Impact of the EU Social Inclusion Strategy: the Czech Case; title: T. Sirovtka &; title: M. Rkoczyov * CONCLUSIONS: The Eastern European Welfare State in Comparative Perspective: S. Haggard &; title: R. R. Kaufman * Epilogue; title: C. Offe.