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Author:

Cook, Linda J., 1952-

Title:

Postcommunist welfare states : reform politics in Russia and Eastern Europe / Linda J. Cook.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xiv, 268 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Public welfare--Russia (Federation)
Public welfare--Europe, Eastern.
Welfare state--Russia (Federation)
Welfare state--Europe, Eastern.
Post-communism--Russia (Federation)
Post-communism--Europe, Eastern.
Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-
Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1989-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : welfare states and postcommunist transitions -- Old welfare state structures and reform strategies -- Non-negotiated liberalization : decentralizing Russia's welfare state and moving it off-budget -- Contested liberalization : Russia's politics of polarization and informalization -- Welfare reform in Putin's Russia : negotiating liberalization within the elite -- Comparing postcommunist welfare state politics: Poland, Hungary, Kazakhstan, and Belarus -- Conclusion : negotiating welfare in democratic and authoritarian transitions.

ISBN:

0801445264 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801445262 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)128236844

LCCN:

2007018956

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)