This book adopts novel theoretical approaches to study the diverse welfare pathways that have evolved across Central and Eastern Europe since the end of communi

This book adopts novel theoretical approaches to study the diverse welfare pathways that have evolved across Central and Eastern Europe since the end of communi

Despite dramatic increases in poverty, unemployment, and social inequalities, the Central and Eastern European transitions from communism to market democracy in

Welfare reforms in post-communist countries are determined by economic and social hardship, democratization of the political systems and rapid structural change

It has long been assumed that the historical legacy of Soviet Communism would have an important effect on post-communist states. However, prior research has foc