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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Inglot, Tomasz, 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Public welfare > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century.
Human services > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century.
Social workers > Europe, Eastern.
Aide sociale > Europe de l'Est > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Services sociaux > Europe de l'Est > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Travailleurs sociaux > Europe de l'Est.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
Human services
Public welfare
Social policy
Social workers
Europe, Eastern > Social policy.
Europe de l'Est > Politique sociale.
Eastern Europe
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Understanding Past and Present Social Policy Development in East Central Europe
  • 1. The Welfare State in East Central Europe: A Conceptual and Theoretical Reconsideration
  • 2. Institutional Legacies: State Building, Regime Change, and the Development of National Welfare States in Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Hungary, 1919-1989
  • 3. Policy Legacies and Welfare States under Communism: Cycles of Social Policy Expansion and Retrenchment in Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Hungary, 1945-1989
  • 4. Historical Legacies, Welfare State Institutions, and the Politics of Social Policy Reforms in Postcommunist East Central Europe, 1989-2004.

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