Fighting poverty and reforming social security : what can post-Soviet states learn from the new democracies of Central Europe? / edited by Michael Cain, Nida Gelazis and Tomasz Inglot.
Title
Fighting poverty and reforming social security : what can post-Soviet states learn from the new democracies of Central Europe? / edited by Michael Cain, Nida Gelazis and Tomasz Inglot.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, East European Studies, [2005?]
"Conference proceeding from the meeting held in Washington DC, June 10, 2005."
Bibliography (note)
Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
committed to retain
Contents
From theory to practice: lessons of postcommunist social policy reforms in Central Europe -- Breaking the path dependency of Soviet social security: can Central European experiences be exported towards the East? -- Family and child support in a postcommunist society: origins of the mixed Hungarian welfare capitalism -- The politics of decentralization and outcomes for social services in Poland -- The politics of institutionalized volatility: lessons from East Central European welfare reforms -- The new pension reforms: lessons for post-Soviet republics -- Welfare states, constituencies and postcommunist transitions -- Reforming in-kind privileges at the regional level in Russia: political decisions and their determinants -- Popular reactions to social and health sector reforms in Russia's regions: reform versus retention in Samarskaia and Ul'ianovskaia oblasts -- The transformations of postcommunist welfare systems: trends and policy lessons.