Post-Communist Welfare Pathways Theorizing Social Policy Transformat
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 politi
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Also by Alfio Cerami SOCIAL POLICY IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE: The Emergence of a New European Welfare Regime
Also by Pieter Vanhuysse DIVIDE AND PACIFY: Strategic Social Policies and Political Protests in PostCommunist Democracies
Post-Communist Welfare Pathways Theorizing Social Policy Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe Edited by
Alfio Cerami Sciences Po, France and
Pieter Vanhuysse University of Haifa, Israel, and European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Vienna, Austria
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Contents List of Figures and Tables
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Acknowledgements
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List of Contributors
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Introduction: Social Policy Pathways, Twenty Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall Alfio Cerami and Pieter Vanhuysse
Part I 2
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Theoretical Background
Social Policy in East Central Europe: Major Trends in the Twentieth Century Dorottya Szikra and Béla Tomka
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Mechanisms of Institutional Change in Central and Eastern European Welfare State Res
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