Small Transformations: The Politics of Welfare Reform - East and West - Softcover

9783825864439: Small Transformations: The Politics of Welfare Reform - East and West

Softcover

ISBN 10: 382586443X ISBN 13: 9783825864439

Publisher: Lit Verlag, 2004

How macro-policies and institutions of welfare reform appear at the lower levels of the social policy system and, conversely, how civic or local initiatives affect reforms at the upper levels are addressed, with special emphasis on health care, pension systems, and unemployment. The contributors provide original examinations of these areas, supplemented by discussion of the virtues of the privatization of the pension system and ways to combat unemployment.

Janos Matyas Kovacs teaches history of economic thought and political economy of the transformation at Etvs Lorand University, Budapest.

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Synopsis

The book focuses on how the macro-policies and institutions of welfare reform appear at the lower levels of the social policy system, and, conversely, how civic/local initiatives affect the macro-reforms. It consists of three parts: I. Local Welfare Provision: the State, the Market and the Non-Profit Sector (The Example of Health Care) II. Between Governmental and Individual Responsibility: New Social Programs (The Example of the Pension System) III. The Role of Mediating Institutions: Social Policy "from Above" and "from Below" (The Example of Unemployment) East-Central European social reforms open up a plethora of questions for discussion. The contributors provide original results and engage in discussions on the virtues of the third sector, the privatisation of the pension system or the ways of combating unemployment.

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