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The aim of this book is to provide the reader with the broad spectrum of poverty and social policy issues in Central and Eastern Europe, and address the most urgent topics of welfare state research, namely poverty, children and social policy; gender, social policy and poverty; urban policy, renewal and poverty, and overall challenges to social policy reform. The book demonstrates that despite an increase in poverty and inequalities in many Central and Eastern European countries during the last 18 years, the social policy systems have not experienced a radical dismantlement throughout the entire region. The post-Communist welfare state still shows more comprehensive solutions to social problems than residual ones. Nevertheless, the deteriorated fiscal capacities of the state in some cases hinder the successful poverty solutions as well as the expansion of the welfare programmes. Yet, the Central and Eastern European region is very diverse regarding the scope and depth of social problems encountered and some countries have implemented more successful policy solutions than other ones. Furthermore, the findings of this volume demonstrate that Central and Eastern European countries are not so dramatically distinct from Western Europe, neither in their social problems encountered, nor in their solutions. Nevertheless, the experience of the socialist regime, the relatively lower wages and lower social benefits as well as the higher share of GDP produced in a shadow economy allow the CEE countries to group into the distinct post-Communist regime.

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Author:   Jolanta Aldukaite
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   0.636kg
ISBN:  

9781607411000

ISBN 10:   1607411008
Pages:   211
Publication Date:   28 May 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface; Poverty, Urbanity and Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe; Extreme Poverty among Children in South-Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States; Rules from Above, Views from Below: Accessing and Using Child Health Services in Post-Communist Rural Romania; Gender, Social Policy and Poverty in Central and Eastern Europe; On Public Support for Working Parents in Russia: Alleviating Poverty and Constructing Gender Roles; Urban Renewal and Spatial Differentiations in Post-Soviet Riga: From Soviet City to Western' Metropolis?; Increasing Enclaves of Poverty and Wealth in the City of Gdansk: The Impact from Urban Policy and Ownership Regulation?; Why Not the Nordic Welfare State Model in Lithuania? Trends in Lithuanian and Norwegian Social Policies; Aims, Tools and Effectiveness of Family Policy Estonia in Comparison with West European Countries at the End of the 1990s; The Neoliberal Transition and the Sustainability of the Welfare State; Index.

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