Welfare states in East Central Europe, 1919-2004 /

A comparative-historical study of welfare states in the former communist region of East Central Europe. Inglot analyzes almost one hundred years of expansion of social insurance programs across different political regimes. He places these programs in a larger political and socioeconomic context, whi...

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Weitere Titel:
Understanding Past and Present Social Policy Development in East Central Europe --
The Welfare State in East Central Europe: A Conceptual and Theoretical Reconsideration --
Institutional Legacies: State Building, Regime Change, and the Development of National Welfare States in Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Hungary, 1919-1989 --
Policy Legacies and Welfare States under Communism: Cycles of Social Policy Expansion and Retrenchment in Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Hungary, 1945-1989 --
Historical Legacies, Welfare State Institutions, and the Politics of Social Policy Reforms in Postcommunist East Central Europe, 1989-2004.
1. Verfasser:
Inglot
Weitere Verfasser:
Tomasz
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Zusammenfassung:
A comparative-historical study of welfare states in the former communist region of East Central Europe. Inglot analyzes almost one hundred years of expansion of social insurance programs across different political regimes. He places these programs in a larger political and socioeconomic context, which includes the most recent developments since the advent of democracy. Based on this research, he argues that despite apparent similarities the welfare states of East Central Europe, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic and Slovakia since 1993), Poland, and Hungary have pursued distinct historical paths of development and change. He examines the highly unusual evolution of these welfare states in detail, tracing alternating periods of growth and retrenchment/reform, which he links to political and economic crises under communist rule. Inglot uses this comparative analysis of welfare systems to examine the continued influence of history over the politics and policies of the social safety nets in Eastern Europe.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xv, 363 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Anmerkungen:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-340) and index.
ISBN:
9786611383831
9781107187009
1107187001
9780511397288
0511397283
9780511510175
0511510179
9780511398056
0511398050
9780511396557
0511396554
9781281383839
128138383X
9780511400889
0511400888
9780511398865
0511398867
9780511402722
0511402724
Schlagworte:
Public welfare > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century.
Human services > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century.
Social workers > Europe, Eastern.
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