Postcommunist Welfare States : Reform Politics in Russia and Eastern Europe /

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In the early 1990s, the countries of the former Soviet Bloc faced an urgent need to reform the systems by which they delivered broad, basic social welfare to their citizens. Inherited systems were inefficient and financially unsustainable. Linda J. Cook here explores the politics and policy of socia...

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Autor principal: Cook, Linda J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2011]
Temas:
Public welfare > Europe, Eastern.
Public welfare > Russia (Federation).
Welfare state > Europe, Eastern.
Welfare state > Russia (Federation).
Labor History.
Sociology & Social Science.
Soviet & East European History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Welfare States and Postcommunist Transitions
  • 1. Old Welfare State Structures and Reform Strategies
  • 2. Non-negotiated Liberalization: Decentralizing Russia's Welfare State and Moving It Off-Budget
  • 3. Contested Liberalization: Russia's Politics of Polarization and Informalization
  • 4. Welfare Reform in Putin's Russia: Negotiating Liberalization within the Elite
  • 5. Comparing Postcommunist Welfare State Politics: Poland, Hungary, Kazakhstan, and Belarus
  • Conclusion: Negotiating Welfare in Democratic and Authoritarian Transitions
  • Index

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